AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Laura Gartry
A Perth judge has expressed frustration after a former WA Anglican priest due to be sentenced for sexually abusing five boys had his case adjourned until Friday, because he claimed he did not realise his lawyer had dropped him.
Serial paedophile Raymond Sydney Cheek sexually abused children over a 30-year period in WA’s south, targeting young boys across numerous parishes.
He was found guilty of committing an act of gross indecency and two counts each of indecent assault and indecent dealings with a child between 1955 and 1985 in November last year.
Cheek criticised his defence during the trial by lawyer Michael Perrella in a letter to District Court judge Ronald Birmingham, claiming he misunderstood his right to give evidence.
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