A 33-year-old woman charged with making a false gang rape complaint over a Corsair Bay incident has not retracted her original statement and is likely to defend the charge, the Christchurch District Court was told today.
The woman has interim name suppression, but Judge David Saunders warned that a psychiatric report would be needed for her next appearance on January 12 for the order to be continued, Christchurch Court News website reported.
The woman is a mother of two children, aged 12 and eight, and defence counsel Michael Starling said the children were not aware that she was involved in the Corsair Bay incident which had already received much media attention.
A psychiatrist who saw her yesterday had said she still maintained the incident had occurred and she would be traumatised and victimised by having her name published, Mr Starling said.
The woman has been charged with making a false rape complaint to a constable on November 16 and unlawful possession of a knife at the Christchurch Central Police Station yesterday.
Police did not oppose bail and Judge Saunders released the woman on condition that she live at a specified address and not associate with five people, whose names were not read in court and were handed to the judge in writing.
"Indications are she will defend the two charges," said Mr Starling, saying the woman maintained her gang rape complaint was true.
Four teenagers have been charged with stealing a variety of items worth $870 from the woman, and it was evident they had been part of the police investigation into the gang rape allegation.
One pleaded guilty to the theft on Wednesday and was remanded for sentence. Another admitted the charge today for a remand to February 12 for consideration for the diversion scheme which lets first offenders off without a conviction.
Defence counsel Tony Garrett said the teenager "had been dragged through the mud and vindicated".
Judge Saunders said he wanted the police to give weight to the matters brought up in court.
