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Shipton, Schollum vs Jane Doe Page 1 - 2007 Trial of
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Suspended assistant police
commissioner Clint Rickards said today he had never until last year seen a
woman he is accused of sexually attacking more than 20 years ago. Rickards, 46, and former policemen
Brad Shipton, 48, and Bob Schollum, 54, deny kidnapping and indecently
assaulting a then 16-year-old girl between November 1983 and August 1984. Rickards today took the stand in
the High Court at Auckland and when asked by his lawyer, John Haigh, QC, said
the allegations were not true. When asked if he had ever seen or
met the woman until last year he replied, "No, I had not". Rickards told the court he was in
a full-length plaster cast from the top of his right thigh to the bottom of
his ankle, and then on crutches, in late 1983 to mid-January 1984 – during
the period the woman said the incident took place. Rickards was expected to give
evidence for the rest of the day. |
