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Shipton, Schollum vs Jane Doe Page 2 - 2007 Trial of Rickards,
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The Crown has described the
alleged indecent assault of a woman when she was 16 years old by three police
officers as a vile and sinister incident. Assistant Commissioner Clint
Rickards and former officers Brad Shipton and Bob Schollum are accused of
kidnapping and assaulting the woman in Rotorua in the 1980s. They're on trial at the High Court
in Auckland. In his closing address this
afternoon, the Crown prosecutor Brent Stanaway told the jury the complainant
is honest and the core of her account is reliable. He said any inconsistencies in her
evidence are peripheral. Mr Stanaway said the offending was
about degradation and humiliation, displaying what the accused could get away
with because of who they were. |
