Police lay charges over rape trial suppression order

Police in Christchurch have charged two people with breaching suppression orders in a rape case concerning police officers.

Frances Martin and Daniel Ray have been charged over distributing flyers containing suppressed information in relation to the trial of Assistant Commissioner Clint Rickards, and former officers Brad Shipton and Bob Schollum.

All three men were found not guilty in April of raping Rotorua woman Louise Nicholas.