AUSTRALIA
Sydney Morning Herald
Melanie Kembrey
For years they have waited for justice, and it came a step closer as they stood together and watched Neil Albert Futcher empty out his pockets and be taken into custody.
The sounds of their sobbing had filled the court room as the former Trinity Grammar School teacher was found guilty by a jury of 22 child sex charges, including eight counts of buggery, on Wednesday.
Futcher’s trial had heard distressing details of how he sexually abused six boys, aged between 12 and 15, while he was working as a teacher and swimming coach between 1974 and the early 1980s.
Robert Anderson, 53, who was a student at Trinity and abused when was 12, said he had nearly given up hope that he would ever see Futcher brought before a court.
He said he first told police about the abuse in 1990, and again in 1997, but it was after giving evidence at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse that Futcher was finally charged.
Note: This is an Abuse Tracker excerpt. Click the title to view the full text of the original article. If the original article is no longer available, see our News Archive.