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Shipton, Schollum vs Jane Doe Page 2 - 2007 Trial of Rickards,
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Brad Shipton's wife broke down on
the witness stand today, likening her husband's trial to something from a mad
movie. Shipton stands accused with Bob
Schollum and suspended assistant police commissioner Clint Rickards of
indecent assault and kidnapping, in a case relating to a Rotorua girl in the
1980s who was aged 16. Sharon Shipton was recalled by the
Crown this morning after appearing yesterday, when she told the court she did
not lie to cover for her husband. She told the court she and her husband were
on a month-long holiday during February 1984, when the alleged offences took
place. But Crown prosecutor Brent
Stanaway has accused Mrs Shipton of calling her cousin in Australia and
asking her to lie about the holiday. Mr Stanaway also accused her of asking
her cousin to stay in Perth away from her home in Brisbane so that police
could not track her down. Mrs Shipton then burst into tears
saying "as God strikes me down, I did not say such a thing." Brad Shipton also wiped away tears
as his wife sobbed and said "I swear on my own daughter's life I'm
telling the truth." Mrs Shipton's cousin has been
flown in from Australia and will testify for the Crown this afternoon. Mrs
Shipton is a project leader at the Ministry of Justice in Wellington and is
the only witness called in defence of her husband. Shipton will not give
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