An appeal is due to be heard tomorrow over a former top policeman's conviction and sentence for his handling of historic sex allegations by Louise Nicholas.
John Dewar, a former chief inspector of the Rotorua CIB, was sentenced last October to 4 1/2 years in jail on charges of attempting to obstruct or defeat the course of justice.
He held the position when Mrs Nicholas approached police in 1993, with two historic sex allegations, including those against former policemen Clint Rickards, Brad Shipton and Bob Schollum.
The three were much later found not guilty on those charges - although Shipton and Schollum are now serving jail terms for another rape.
The Crown said Dewar suppressed allegations Mrs Nicholas made against the three men and attempted to pervert the course of justice during the trial of another former policeman, who has permanent name suppression, by giving inadmissible evidence.
The appeal is due to be heard at the Court of Appeal in Wellington.
