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On Thursday the High Court confirmed to Stuff that no application had been filed, clearing the way for Dixon to be named. Abigail Dougherty/Stuff According to charge sheets seen by Stuff, the alleged offending by the 70-year-old was said to have occurred in the early 1970s in Auckland and Christchurch, against three boys under the age of 16. Dixon was excused from appearing at his first District Court and High Court appearances due to his medical condition and because he lived in Palmerston North. He was jailed in 2014 for two years and two months after admitting two charges of inducing...

The other men deny the charges and are set to go on trial. Anyone with information can contact the Operation Beverly team on (09) 302 6624 or by emailing Operation.Beverly@Police.govt.nz. STUFF Auckland's Dilworth School leaders apologise after six men were arrested on charges of historical abuse at the boarding school. Operation Beverly More than 100 former Dilworth students have made complaints, alleging historical sexual offending. The alleged offending occurred as far back as the 1970s and as recently as the early 2000s. To date, a total of nine men in their 60s and 70s have been ch...