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Shipton, Schollum vs Jane Doe Page 2 - 2007 Trial of
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The wife of one of the men accused
of historic sex offences says she has discussed the complainant's evidence
with her husband, but denies she is lying to cover for the three accused. Suspended assistant police
commissioner Clint Rickards, 46, and former policemen Brad Shipton, 48, and
Bob Schollum, 54, deny kidnapping and indecently assaulting the then
16-year-old girl between November 1983 and August 1984. Sharon Shipton continued to be
cross-examined at the High Court in Auckland today. On Thursday, Mrs Shipton said she
and her husband had been on a month-long holiday to Wanganui and Wellington
in February 1984, during the time when it was alleged the offences took place.
Crown prosecutor Brent Stanaway
said the Shiptons had only stayed for three or four days, not a month, and
Mrs Shipton had called her cousin, who she had stayed with during the
holiday, for the first time in years after the woman testified last week. "This is a combined effort of
all three accused involved in assisting you with the evidence you are
giving," he said. Mrs Shipton replied:
"Absolutely not, Mr Stanaway." She said she had spoken to her
husband about the woman's evidence but denied she was lying for the accused. Mrs Shipton said she knew the
woman was giving "conflicting evidence". |
