Update: The three rapist cops were found not guilty by the jury. However, suppression orders related to a previous conviction for Schollum and Shipton have finally been lifted. They were convicted in 2005 of the rape of a woman in Mt Maunganui 16 years earlier and are currently serving jail sentences. [ More ]

Louise Nicholas, who took the three men to court on rape charges last year, was in the court for the verdicts this afternoon. She was there in support for the complainant, who has name suppression, she said. Asked what she thought of verdict she said: "We did our best. We did our best. We did our very best. The justice system has let us down again".

Clint Rickards, Bob Schollum and Brad Shipton were on on trial for raping a 16 year old girl with a bottle in the 1980s. All three were police officers at the time of the attack.