Full coverage of the verdict and reaction to the police sex case

Clint Rickards, Brad Shipton and Bob Schollum denied the charges. Shipton and Schollum are already in jail for rape

A jury in the High Court in Auckland on Thursday cleared Clint Rickards and former policemen Bob Schollum and Brad Shipton of abducting and indecently assaulting a 16-year-old girl in Rotorua between November 1983 and August 1984.

Click on the links below for our full coverage of the verdict and the reaction.

FRIDAY Verdicts spark vandalism at court house Not guilty yesterday - but guilty Wife stands by her jailed, cheating husband Auckland's still my station, says Rickards Juries shouldn't know about convictions, says expert Results of police conduct inquiry due Tears, gasps as verdicts given I did the right thing, says Nicholas Your views: How prevalent is group sex? Your views: Should there be a limit on investigating sex offences? THURSDAY Picture gallery of the scene outside court and the key players Verdict: Not guilty, Rickards: I will return to work Rickards to stay suspended What the jury never knew Nothing wrong with suppression rules, QC says