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Shipton, Schollum vs Jane Doe Page 2 - 2007 Trial of
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The wife of a former police
officer charged with indecent assault says she never told police
investigators about her husband's alibi as she does not trust them. Brad Shipton is on trial for
kidnapping and indecent assault in Rotorua dating back 20-years, along with
Bob Schollum and suspended Assistant Police Commissioner Clint Rickards. Sharon Shipton has told a High
Court jury she and her husband went on holiday away from Rotorua during the
entire month of February 1984, staying at a cousin's house in Wanganui. Under
cross examination prosecutor Brent Stanaway said Mrs Shipton was lying, and
that they had only been at her cousin's house for three or four days. Mr Stanaway asked her why she had
not told police earlier she and her husband had been out of Rotorua on
holiday for the entire month of February 1984. She replied she had seen, read
and heard of shameful and unethical conduct by the team and would never help
them. Mrs Shipton added her role is not
to help the Crown, but support her husband and tell the truth. |
