KEY POINTS:
A jury in the High Court in Auckland on Thursday cleared Clint Rickards and former policemen Bob Schollum and Brad Shipton of abducting and indecently assaulting a 16-year-old girl in Rotorua between November 1983 and August 1984.
Click on the links below for our full coverage of the verdict and the reaction.
FRIDAY
Verdicts spark vandalism at court house
Not guilty yesterday - but guilty
Wife stands by her jailed, cheating husband
Auckland's still my station, says Rickards
Juries shouldn't know about convictions, says expert
Results of police conduct inquiry due
Tears, gasps as verdicts given
I did the right thing, says Nicholas
Your views: How prevalent is group sex?
Your views: Should there be a limit on investigating sex offences?
THURSDAY
Picture gallery of the scene outside court and the key players
Verdict: Not guilty, Rickards: I will return to work
Rickards to stay suspended
What the jury never knew
Nothing wrong with suppression rules, QC says
Picture gallery of the scene outside court and the key players
Verdict: Not guilty, Rickards: I will return to work
Rickards to stay suspended
What the jury never knew
Nothing wrong with suppression rules, QC says 