Conn s appeal against his conviction was dismissed a year after he was found guilty in 2016. In June last year, Beau applied to join the National Redress Scheme, which was set up during 2018 in response to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. A man who was sexually abused as a child when he was a referee at Townsville Basketball said there have been lasting impacts on his life. FILE PICTURE Obviously I want acknowledgment from Townsville Basketball that this happened by their employee on their watch, Beau told the Townsville Bulletin. When an organisation signs up to the scheme it sends a message to the community that it is unacceptable and that (organisation) will be held to account.