Statement attributable to Detective Senior Sergeant Geoff Baber, Auckland City CIB:
Police investigating historical sexual offending at Dilworth School have filed an additional 33 charges as part of Operation Beverly.
Today, Police have filed additional charges against five men aged between 68 and 78, all of whom are already before the Court as a result of this investigation.
The 33 new charges include:
• Indecency with boys under 16 years old
• Inducing a boy under 12 to do an indecent act
• Indecency with Boy Under 12
• Unlawful sexual connection with a male under 12
• Indecent Assault
Since Operation Beverly was announced in September, we have identified over 80 additional victims as part of our enquiries. All of these complaints are being investigated by members of the Operation Beverly Investigation Team.
