Newstalk ZB
May 17 2004
Woodcock victims talk of being ostracised
Students at the
schools where Alan Woodcock worked knew he was having sexual relationships with
their classmates.
The 55-year-old has pleaded guilty to 21 charges of sexual assault at the Upper
Hutt District Court today.
A summary of facts has revealed that victims who told their fellow students
about their abuse were ostracised.
The summary describes how Woodcock preyed on his victims under the guise of
music teacher or counselor at several schools in the
lower
The victims tell of how Woodcock told them they were homosexual or threatened
to cane them if they told on him.
Police dropped 13 of the 34 charges, including a sodomy charge, and Woodcock
pleaded guilty to the remaining 21 charges of sexual assault or inducing an
indecent act.
He had lived in
He has been remanded into custody until he is sentenced on June 25.