Accused Dilworth abuser previously jailed for sex offences
(Photo / File) Thu, 27 May 2021, 9:59AM
One of the Dilworth School tutors accused of sexual abuse who recently died can now be publicly identified.
And it can also be revealed that Keith William Dixon was previously jailed in 2014 for historic sex offences.
Dixon, 70, recently lived in Palmerston North.
But his links to Dilworth School in Auckland attracted the attention of investigators with Operation Beverly, the police inquiry into sex abuse at the school.
The investigation has led more than 80 complainants to come forward and resulted in dozens of charges.
Dixon first appeared on March 1 in Auckland District Court, alongside Graeme Charles Lindsay of Levin.
On Thursday the High Court confirmed to
Stuff that no application had been filed, clearing the way for Dixon to be named.
Abigail Dougherty/Stuff According to charge sheets seen by
Stuff, the alleged offending by the 70-year-old was said to have occurred in the early 1970s in Auckland and Christchurch, against three boys under the age of 16. Dixon was excused from appearing at his first District Court and High Court appearances due to his medical condition and because he lived in Palmerston North. He was jailed in 2014 for two years and two months after admitting two charges of inducing a 9-year-old to do an indecent act in 1973, according to Radio New Zealand.
Dilworth School historical sex abuse: Third accused man dies
14 May, 2021 05:34 AM
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A man charged as part of Operation Beverly has died and his charges will be dropped. Photo / Dean Purcell
A man charged as part of Operation Beverly has died and his charges will be dropped. Photo / Dean Purcell
NZ Herald
A third man facing charges over alleged historical sex abuse at Auckland s Dilworth School has died.
Police confirmed a man charged as part of Operation Beverly - in which 100 alleged victims contacted police - has died.
As a consequence, any charges he faced will be withdrawn in due course, they said in a statement.
Photo: RNZ / Dan Cook
A police spokesperson said they were unable to comment on this person s identity as there were suppression orders. Police are aware that a man charged as part of Operation Beverly has died. As a consequence, any charges he faced will be withdrawn in due course. We are unable to comment further at this time.
The death follows that of another defendant, Rex Clarence McIntosh, who died earlier this week.
The first defendant to die was Richard Charles Galloway earlier this year.
They were among the nine men who have been charged as part of the police investigation into sexual abuse allegations at the century-old private Auckland boarding school for underprivileged boys.