Discharge on rape charge
; PA Auckland I I An American soldier hast J been discharged by a High; Court judge on two charges; ■arising from the alleged rape, ■of a woman at Papakura; : Military Camp last Septem- . ber. Lee Harvey Scott, aged 24. 1 a United States Army sergeant, was charged with rape and indecent assault of. a New Zealand Army lance-; corporal. He had pleaded not.guilty to the charges, maintaining that, he had made 'love to the woman with her. (consent. Scott was on trial before! a jury in the High Court I this week. However, Mr Jusj tice Holland withdrew the i [case from the jury after the 1 (Crown’s closing address and I discharged Scott under sec-1 Ition 247 of the Crimes Act, | ion the ground that the evi-f i dence would not support a I iverdict of guilty.
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