Convicted sex offender working at Marlborough school - Ministry says not appropriate
14 May, 2021 12:25 AM
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A convicted sex offender has been working at a Marlborough school. Photo / 123RF stock image
Anna Leask is a senior reporter for the New Zealand Heraldanna.leask@nzherald.co.nz@AnnaLeask
A convicted sex offender who once admitted multiple charges of unlawful sexual connection with a young teenager has been working at a Marlborough school.
The school s principal was reportedly aware of his offending and allowed him to work on site- telling a person who complained measures were in place to protect the students.
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“We assessed the risk, we went through checks, followed procedure and put some things in place, including that he would be confined to an area with no access to the school, and that he would always be supervised while he was onsite,” Whyte said on Friday. “We were as confident as we could be that there was no risk to our students . we were satisfied we had mitigated any potential risk.” A Marlborough woman, who did not want to be named, said she complained to the ministry this week as there were several parents concerned about the safety of students at the school. She said she had also spoken to the school.