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Shipton, Schollum vs Jane Doe Page 2 - 2007 Trial of
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The jury in the trial of suspended
assistant police commissioner Clint Rickards and former colleagues Brad
Shipton and Bob Schollum is expected to retire today to consider its
verdicts. The men are accused of kidnapping
and indecently assaulting a 16-year-old girl, when they were serving officers
in Rotorua in 1984. The Crown wrapped up its case in
the High Court in Auckland yesterday. It recalled Shipton's wife Sharon to
cross-examine her on evidence that she and her husband were on a month-long
holiday in Wanganui with her cousin Christine Filer when the offences
allegedly took place. Prosecutor Brent Stanaway then called Ms Filer to the
stand. She told the court she could not remember the Shiptons being with her
in Wanganui at the time. Mrs Filer also told the court she had spoken to Mrs
Shipton on the phone in Perth last week and was told the police might call
and that she did not have to answer any questions. Mrs Shipton had believed
Ms Filer would be a witness for the defence. The Crown and defence counsel for
Rickards and Shipton gave their closing arguments yesterday afternoon.
Schollum's defence will finish its closing arguments today, before the judge
sums up and the jury retires. |
