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	NZ Herald March 1 2007; 13:10 Police sex trial: What the jury never knew Shipton comforts Schollum during their sentencing for the 1989 rape. Photo / Mark Mitchell Two of the men today acquitted in today's police sex case are serving prison terms for the rape and kidnapping of a woman at Mt Maunganui 18 years ago. Former policemen Brad Shipton and Bob Schollum had their names suppressed during their July 2005 trials for the January 1989 abduction and rape of the 20-year-old woman. Their convictions for the attack could not earlier be reported in case the information jeopardised the pair's right to a fair trial in the case that concluded today. The suppression orders were lifted just minutes after they, with Assistant Commissioner Clint Rickards, were found not guilty today of kidnap and indecent assault charges. Mr Rickards was not involved in the 1989 case. The victim said four men lured her into a hut on the pretext of having a lunch date with one of the men. Once there she was bound, raped, forced to perform oral sex and brutally violated. The men maintained it was consensual sex. They were jailed for terms of between five-and-a-half and eight-and-a-half years. Shipton and Schollum were also convicted of unlawful sexual connection and Shipton was found guilty of a second rape. Both were acquitted of sexual violation with an object. Businessman Peter Mana McNamara and fireman Warren Hales were also convicted of the rape but in April last year the Court of Appeal overturned Hales' conviction and ordered a retrial. In November, Hales pleaded guilty to the woman's abduction and was sentenced to 18 months' prison and ordered to pay $10,000 in emotional harm reparation. Below is a summary of the charges the men faced in three separate cases. Rickards was not involved in the Mt Maunganui case. The Rotorua sex case concluded today: Mr Rickards 1 charge of abduction 1 charge of indecent assault Verdict: Not guilty on both charges Schollum 1 charge of abduction 1 charge of indecent assault Verdict: Not guilty on both charges Shipton 1 charge of abduction 1 charge of indecent assault Verdict: Not guilty on both charges The Louise Nicholas case: Mr Rickards 2 charges of rape (one representative) 1 representative charge of sexual violation by rape 4 charges of indecent assault (one representative) 1 representative charge of sexual violation by unlawful sexual connection Verdict: Not guilty on all charges Schollum 1 charge of rape 4 charges of indecent assault Verdict: Not guilty on all charges Shipton 2 charges of rape (one representative) 1 representative charge of sexual violation by rape 3 charges of indecent assault (one representative) 1 representative charge of sexual violation by unlawful sexual connection Verdict: Not guilty on all charges The Mt Maunganui rape case: Schollum 1 count of rape 1 count of unlawful sexual connection 1 count of abduction Verdict: Guilty. Jailed for eight years for rape, four years for unlawful sexual connection and three years for abduction - to be served concurrently. 1 count of sexual violation with an object Verdict: Not guilty Shipton 2 counts of rape 1 count of unlawful sexual connection 1 count of abduction Verdict: Guilty. Jailed for 8 1/2 years for rape, three years for unlawful sexual connection and three years for abduction - to be served concurrently. 1 count of sexual violation with an object Verdict: Not guilty Two other men - Peter McNamara and Warren Hales - were also convicted in the Mt Maunganui case of rape and abduction. Hales later had his conviction for rape over-turned and pleaded guilty to abduction.