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Shipton, Schollum vs Jane Doe Page 2 - 2007 Trial of
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The jury will continue its
deliberations today, at the trial of the suspended assistant commissioner of
police and two former colleagues. Forty-six-year-old Clint Rickards,
Brad Shipton, 49 and Bob Schollum, 54, are accused of indecently assaulting a
16-year-old with a bottle and kidnapping her in Rotorua between November 1983
and August 1984. In his summing up in the High
Court at Auckland, Justice Potter told jury members to set aside any views
they may have about the Louise Nicholas case, which was held last year and in
which the same men were acquitted of 20 charges including rape and sexual
violation. In the closing stages of the
trial, the lawyer for Schollum, Paul Mabey QC told the jury that the evidence
given by Sharon Shipton related to Schollum and not his client. Mrs Shipton
was accused of lying for her husband. The jury retired to consider its
verdicts just before 1.30pm yesterday and was sent to a hotel for the night
just before 10pm. Jury members will return to the court about 9am today to
continue deliberations. The jury has six verdicts to reach, as each man faces
one charge of kidnapping and one of indecent assault. |
