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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 acquittals in the latest police sexual assualt case show the justice
system has let the 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 already have
convictions for historical sex offences. Louise Nicholas was at the High
Court in Auckland when the verdicts were read out, and says she's gutted |
