A top cop has been found not guilty of indecently assaulting two women. It took them about three hours to reach their unanimous decisions of not guilty on all four charges. The older woman met with Burke in 2002 to discuss her dealings with a fraudster the detective was investigating. She offered him a bed in the spare room, where the Crown alleged, Burke started to kiss her. On a third occasion, he was accused of exposing himself to the woman, then forcibly performed oral sex on her.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 28, 2019 02:48 UTC