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Shipton, Schollum vs Jane Doe Page 6 - Further Reaction to
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Assistant Police Commissioner
Clint Rickards says his "good friends", former cops Brad Shipton
and Bob Schollum, "shouldn't be where they are" (in jail) after
being convicted of pack rape and kidnapping, which begs the question: Where
should they be - back on the force? Clearly Mr Rickards is under great
strain, but if he cannot accept the findings of the justice system in
relation to his friends, does he have the judgment to be a police officer,
let alone a higher ranking one? On the same issue, I dispute your
report (March 2) that the juries in the Schollum/Shipton/Rickards trials did
not know about Schollum and Shipton's previous convictions or the fact that
they were in jail. I don't know what the basis of
that claim is, made by several news media outlets, but my guess is that it is
wrong, particularly in relation to the second trial after the (no doubt
well-meaning) idiots in Wellington and Christchurch attempted to undermine
the process by giving out leaflets that set out those details. |
