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Shipton, Schollum vs Jane Doe Page 6 - Further Reaction to
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Suspended assistant police
commissioner Clint Rickards believes his career has been destroyed by the sex
allegations made against him and says his pride will also be lost if he is
not given his job back after being acquitted of the charges laid in two
trials. Mr Rickards told TV3's 60 Minutes
programme he is deeply ashamed of taking part in group sex in the 1980s as he
had two children, but he maintains sex with the first complainant Louise
Nicholas was consensual and she never resisted. A former police officer and MP
feels sorry for Mr Rickards. Ian Revell says even although Mr Rickards has
been acquitted, his high profile means he is unlikely to get his job back. Mr
Revell admits the 1980s was a lively era with excess use of alcohol and
promiscuous behaviour amongst single people but he says he was unaware of a
culture of sexual excess and says group sex was certainly not common
behaviour amongst police officers. After last week's trial, the
lawyer for Mr Rickards, John Haigh QC, said half of New Zealanders had
engaged in group sex, although later backtracked from the comments saying
they were made in the heat of the moment after the verdicts. Mr Revell worked as a detective in
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