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Shipton, Schollum vs Jane Doe Page 2 - 2007 Trial of
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The Crown has used a surprise
witness to attempt to discredit an alibi for a former police officer accused
of sexual offending in the 1980s. Assistant Commissioner Clint
Rickards and former officers Brad Shipton and Bob Schollum are accused of
kidnapping and indecently assaulting a woman in Rotorua when she was
16-years-old. Brad Shipton's wife has told the
High Court in Auckland she and her husband were staying with a cousin in
Wanganui for most of February 1984, part of the time the offending is alleged
to have happened. But the Crown has flown Mrs
Shipton's cousin, Christine Filer, from Perth as a rebuttal witness. She said she cannot recall a visit
by the Shiptons in that month, or for that length of time. Earlier Mrs Shipton broke down and
wept when the Crown accused her of trying to influence her cousin's evidence. The Crown will close its case this
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