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A former Rotorua woman says she was raped by a police officer more than 25 years ago.
The woman in her 50s, who now lives in Australia and does not want to be identified, told the Daily Post she was raped by a Rotorua police officer in a patrol car in the 1980s.
She made a complaint to the police but has not been able to identify the man from group photos of police officers.
Bay of Plenty crime manager Detective Inspector Garth Bryan has investigated the woman's complaint, which has also been reviewed by police officers who investigated allegations made by Rotorua woman Louise Nicholas.
Mrs Nicholas' allegations led to rape charges against three former policemen, who were acquitted.
Mr Bryan said that because the woman was unable to identify her alleged attacker, no action could be taken unless police received further information.
The woman told the Daily Post the incident happened after she was assaulted by her husband on Ti St and ran off from him.
A policeman spoke with her shortly after and drove her to the women's refuge in the central city.
On the way he stopped by the side of a building in White St, where the woman says he raped her in the car.
She said she was too scared to go to the police at that time but two years later she told two police officers, who "never did a thing".
She moved to Australia in 1988 but returned to New Zealand last year to see family and heard about the Nicholas case. She laid her complaint shortly after.
- DAILY POST (ROTORUA)
