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Two girls did not concoct an elaborate set of allegations of sexual abuse about a pastor they knew, the Crown has told a jury.
Prosecutor Ian Murray closed the Crown’s case to the Wellington District Court jury on Thursday in the trial of the pastor of the Kingdom Ambassador International Fellowship church Jone Draiva Conikeli.
Murray said it defied belief that an 11-year-old had hatched a plan for revenge on Conikeli for introducing her recently bereaved father to another woman.
Instead the two complainants were supporting each other, he said, finding strength to come forward once they had talked about it.
Murray said Conikeli took opportunities to touch the two complainants in inappropriate ways, while one was sleeping or when visiting the other’s home.
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