
The "random and calculated" rape of a woman in central Hamilton last week was made up by a Japanese woman attempting to get attention from her ex-boyfriend. Police said they were manipulated and used by the 21-year-old woman, who claimed she was dragged into a van and raped by a group of men in Ward Ln last Wednesday night. Chie Ikee, 21, of Matamata, appeared in the Hamilton District Court yesterday afternoon and admitted one charge of making a false complaint. Ikee said she was distraught at the end of her relationship and she was trying to get sympathy and attention from her ex-partner. Despite Ikee's plan to return to Japan on Monday, Judge Barry Morris convicted her and imposed a one-year suspended sentence...Outside court, Detective Senior Sergeant Chris Page, who led the investigation, said police had been "manipulated and used" by Ikee and the other false complainant for their own benefit. "It's just a slap in the face of all the women who have had to endure these sort of attacks," Mr Page said. "The impact is massive. It's not just the amount of resources it consumes, but that it also impacts on all the genuine complaints, because we have to reprioritise and put other jobs on hold to cover all we need to on the (false) complaint"...more...