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Shipton, Schollum vs Jane Doe Page 3 - 2007 Trial of Rickards,
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Assistant Police Commissioner,
Clint Rickards, and his two co-accused have been acquitted at the High Court
in Mr Rickards, and former officers
Brad Shipton and Bob Schollum, were charged with kidnapping and indecently
assaulting a woman in Rotorua more than two decades ago, when she was
16-years-old. About forty supporters of the
accused, including their children, wives and siblings, were at the High Court
in Auckland to await the verdict. Mr Shipton and Mr Schollum denied
the allegations, while Clint Rickards said the allegations were not only
false, but he also claimed he had never met the woman and if the incident
happened, he was not there. The jury retired at 1.30pm
yesterday afternoon and retired for the night 8 hours later, and continued
their deliberations at 9 am this morning. The jury cleared all three accused
of both charges |
