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Police chief pleads not guilty
Assistant Police Commissioner Clint Rickards wore his police uniform on the first day of his trial for the rape of a Rotorua teenager, Louise Nicholas.
Some 20 years after the alleged sexual abuse, he stood in the dock of an Auckland courtroom yesterday as the indictment outlining charges against him was read. He answered each charge in a clear, strong voice: "Not guilty."
His plea was echoed by two former police officers standing in the dock next to him, Brad Shipton and Bob Schollum.
The trio face a total of 20 sex charges based on complaints by Ms Nicholas... Read more
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The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,A
13 August 2006
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PNG Police Minister defends co
PNG's Police Minister Alphonse Willie says he has full confidence in Police Commissioner Sam Inguba who is being investigated over allegations he blocked an inquiry into an alleged four million kina ($A1.84 million) fraud.
Prime Minister Michael Somare has announced an inquiry into allegations the commissioner personally stopped police officers from travelling to the port city of Lae to investigate suspects involved in an allegedly fraudulent claim for compensation.
The case involves claims by 26 people for loss of business due to the long-running secessionist conflict in Bougainville.
The four million kina ($A1.84 million) sum, part of which has reportedly been paid out, was agreed in an out-of-court settlement reached in 2004 between the solicitor-general and PNG's finance department.
It's alleged Inguba issued transfer orders to six detectives just before they were to arrest a former senior public servant in relation to the case.
But Willie has defended Inguba, saying he had every confidence in him as a credible, professional and highly-committed officer and was convinced he acted within his rights and responsibilities in relation to the fraud case.
MPs and senior police officers with vested interests, in collaboration with prime suspects in ongoing fraud investigations had distorted the facts and discredited not only the commissioner, but his office and the constabulary, the minister said.
Inguba had directed investigations be made into the case but when it emerged there were two police teams investigating, he decided to disband the Serious Crimes Squad task force to preserve the integrity of the investigation and cut costs, Willie said.
A key consideration in only allowing the National Fraud and Anti-Corruption Squad to continue the investigation was that members of the Serious Crimes Squad team were themselves under investigation, he said.
"It has been brought to my attention that the Serious Crimes investigations task force team was in fact tainting the investigations.
"They had made about seven arrests in relation to the case but all had been thrown out due to lack of evidence," Willie said.
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