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Rex McIntosh and Keith Dixon were two of the nine men charged with historical sexual offending in connection with Dilworth School in Epsom, Auckland. According to the police summary of facts filed with the High Court, McIntosh began teaching at Dilworth in 1971. The following year he was made master of a boarding house. He was also the Junior Choir master, an art teacher and diving instructor. McIntosh lasted eight years at the school. The police summary of facts, released to
Stuff, says McIntosh befriended a 13-year-old student and invited him to his home on school grounds after dinner.
A man who contacted Dilworth School about abuse he suffered as a child was told the chairman would only meet him as a courtesy - and that people making all
Three men have now died before facing trial Dixon, Rex McIntosh and Richard Galloway.
Of the six men remaining, Ross Browne, Graeme Lindsay and two others with name suppression will go to trial together next year at the High Court in Auckland.
Another man, Alastair Harlow, will go to trial alone next year in the Auckland District Court.
Former assistant principal Ian Robert Wilson was the only man to plead guilty to his charges and was sentenced to three years and seven months in prison in March.
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A 70-year-old Palmerston North man and 71-year-old Levin man were arrested and charged with indecent assault last month.
Both have interim name suppression.
The not guilty pleas were entered during a brief appearance in the High Court at Auckland this morning.
They will stand trial next April, alongside four other men: Ross Douglas Browne, Rex McIntosh and two others who cannot be named.
All up, nine men have been charged as part of the police investigation, dubbed Operation Beverly, into historical sexual abuse allegations at Dilworth.
Together, they face dozens of charges including indecent assault, unlawful sexual connection, as well as drugs charges.
RYAN ANDERSON/Stuff The man is charged with three counts of indecent assault against two different complainants. The man will have his name suppression application heard on April 12. Daniel Taumihau, the lawyer acting on behalf of the Palmerston North man, whose appearance was excused, also asked for his interim name suppression to continue.
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Auckland s Dilworth School leaders apologise after six men were arrested on charges of historical abuse at the boarding school. According to charge sheets seen by
Stuff, the alleged offending by the 70-year-old Palmerston North man is said to have occurred in the early 1970s in Auckland and Christchurch, against three boys under the age of 16.