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Shipton, Schollum vs Jane Doe Page 3 - 2007 Trial of
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A jury at the High Court in
Auckland has returned verdicts of not guilty against all three accused in the
police sexual assault trial. Suspended Assistant Police
Commissioner Clint Rickards and Brad Shipton and Bob Schollum were accused of
kidnapping and indecently assaulting a woman in Rotorua between November 1983
- August 1984. The complainant was aged 16 at the time. They denied the charges. The trial
began in the High Court in Auckland on February 19. The eight men and four women on
the jury started deliberating about 1.30pm Wednesday and retired for the
night eight hours later. They resumed at about 9am Thursday. The jury returned verdicts of not
guilty on both charges for all three accused.
Last year, a jury cleared the
three accused of 20 charges of sexual violation and indecent assault against
Rotorua woman Louise Nicholas in 1986. The jury of seven women and five
men delivered its verdict on 31 March 2006 after three days of deliberations
following a 2½-week trial at the High Court at Auckland. |
