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Two men yesterday denied attempting to pervert the course of justice in relation to the rape of a woman in Mt Maunganui in 1989.
Rene Gaustad Magnus and Paul Grayden Turney pleaded not guilty in the High Court at Auckland to providing a false affidavit in support of an appeal by fireman Warren Hales.
Hales and three others - former police officers Brad Shipton and Bob Schollum and businessman Peter McNamara - were convicted of raping the woman.
Hales was granted a retrial, but changed his plea to guilty of abduction. He was sentenced to 18 months' jail.
