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Shipton, Schollum vs Jane Doe Page 4 - Initial Reaction to
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Louise Nicholas says yesterday's
verdicts were like "deja vu" when the same three police officers
who were acquitted of alleged sex crimes against her were found not guilty
once more. The woman whose allegations led to
wide-ranging inquiries into the police was in court when the verdicts were
read. "I don't think it really
sinks in until you walk out of that courtroom and you're in your own space
and you think, 'I'm back in hell again' - it was not nice at all," Mrs
Nicholas told TV One's Close Up programme. She did not regret taking her
failed court action against Mr Rickards, Brad Shipton and Bob Schollum.
"I know I have done the right thing and if I had to do it all over again
I would not hesitate whatsoever." Mrs Nicholas said the love of her
family helped her through her ordeal and the support from people throughout
the country had been "beyond unbelievable", but it was time to move
on. "You have to - you don't let
this eat away at you. You don't let it take over." |
