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Shipton, Schollum vs Jane Doe Page 4 - Initial Reaction to Not
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The rape convictions kept from the
jury in the latest police sex trial are being appealed. Clint Rickards, Brad Shipton and
Bob Schollum were acquitted of indecent assault by a jury at the High Court
in Suppression orders were released
after the verdicts, showing Schollum and Shipton are serving eight-year jails
terms over a Mt Maunganui attack. There is now debate over whether the previous
convictions should have been allowed as evidence. Shipton's brother in law Chris
Foot says members of the jury yesterday told his family they knew of the
men's previous convictions - and they still acquitted them. He claims the Mt
Maunganui convictions are "dodgy" and he is convinced they will be
overturned. |
