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NEWSFLASH: Police Rape Trial Verdict - Not Guilty
Assistant Police Commissioner Clint Rickards and former police officers Bob Schollum and Brad Shipton have been found not guilty in the High Court at Auckland.
The trio were facing 12 charges of rape and sexual assault relating to events in Rotorua 20 years ago involving Louise Nicholas.
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Alastair Thompson
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Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
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