Allegations
of Sexual Abuse |
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A primary school
teacher, charged with indecently assaulting four girls aged under 12, made a brief appearance in Levin District Court
yesterday. Michael Warren Neville
will face a depositions hearing next month. Judge Phillip Connell
remanded Neville, 47, on bail for the depositions hearing to be held at
Palmerston North District Court on December 18 and 19. As had been the case
for his previous appearance, Neville's supporters yesterday made strenuous
attempts to shield him from the media -- this time tackling Dominion Post
photographer Maarten Holl.
Neville's bail
conditions state that he must stay away from the Neville was arrested on
September 23 on three of the charges -- the fourth was added on October 20. The charges relate to
assaults that allegedly took place between January 1999 and August this year,
with one complainant saying that he had indecently assaulted her "during
class time during the year 2001". |