The other men deny the charges and are set to go on trial. Anyone with information can contact the Operation Beverly team on (09) 302 6624 or by emailing Operation.Beverly@Police.govt.nz.
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Auckland s Dilworth School leaders apologise after six men were arrested on charges of historical abuse at the boarding school. Operation Beverly More than 100 former Dilworth students have made complaints, alleging historical sexual offending. The alleged offending occurred as far back as the 1970s and as recently as the early 2000s. To date, a total of nine men in their 60s and 70s have been charged with a number of sex and drugs charges, including alleged sexual violation, indecent assault, sexual exploitation and supplying drugs.
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McIntosh fought to keep name suppression on health grounds and was granted interim name suppression by Judge Claire Ryan when he appeared in court in October 2020. However, at a subsequent hearing on November 9, he failed to supply the court with any evidence to justify continuing the order. The Crown opposed name suppression, saying suspicion could fall on other teachers if he was not named, and said more complainants could come forward if he was named. In his ruling, Judge David Ruth said a defendant could get name suppression at their first appearance if they showed there was an arguable basis but had to produce evidence at their second appearance if it was to continue.
Nine men have been charged with historic sexual offending at Dilworth. Continued name suppression was opposed by both Crown prosecutor Jacob Barry and Robert Stewart, who is acting for a number of media organisations, including
Stuff. More than 100 former Dilworth students have made complaints, alleging historical sexual offending. The alleged offending occurred as far back as the 1970s and as recently as the early 2000s. To date, a total of nine men in their 60s and 70s have been charged with a number of sex and drugs charges, including alleged sexual violation, indecent assault, sexual exploitation and supplying drugs.
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Another man charged in relation to allegations of historical sex offending linked to Auckland s Dilworth School can now be named
Another man charged in relation to allegations of historical sex offending linked to Auckland s Dilworth School can now be named 7 May 2021
Graeme Charles Lindsay faces three charges of indecent assault.
He s one of nine men charged as part of Operation Beverly, the police operation into alleged offending at the school between the 1970s and early 2000s.
Lindsay wasn t part of the first group of arrests in September.
Instead, two of the complainants who made allegations against him came forward after seeing media reports about those arrests.