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Shipton, Schollum vs Jane Doe Page 3 - 2007 Trial of
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Former rape complainant Louise
Nicholas says the not guilty verdicts in the latest police sexual assault
case show the justice system has again let women down. Assistant Police Commissioner
Clint Rickards and former policemen Brad Shipton and Bob Schollum have been
found not guilty of kidnapping and indecently assaulting a 16-year-old in
Rotorua more than 20 years ago. The trio was acquitted last year
of raping Ms Nicholas in the mid 1980s. Following this afternoon's not
guilty verdicts, it was revealed both Shipton and Schollum are currently in
prison for historical sex offences. They are two of the four men sent to
prison in 2005 for the abduction and rape of a woman in Mt Maunganui in 1989. Louise Nicholas was at the High
Court in Auckland when the verdicts were read out, and says she is gutted for
the complainant. She says the case is over and she
will just have to get on with her life. Meanwhile, Brad Shipton’s wife
says she will continue to stand by her husband. Sharon Shipton became the
centrepiece in her husband's defence case, but was painted as a liar by the
Crown. She says she is delighted with the
verdicts in the latest case and will continue sticking by her husband. |
