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Robert 'Dolly' Dunn

Australian convicted child molester (1941–2009) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Robert 'Dolly' Dunn
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Robert Joseph 'Dolly' Dunn (30 January 1941 – 11 July 2009[1]) was an Australian convicted child molester. He was a school teacher by profession, working for the Marist Brothers, a Catholic religious order.

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Dunn taught science at Marist Catholic College Penshurst from 1971 to 1987.[1] He was initially sentenced to 30 years imprisonment in 2001, but this was reduced on appeal to 20 years with an 18-year non-parole period for 24 sexual offences against boys aged seven to 15 occurring between 1985 and 1995, and three drug charges.[2][3]

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Investigation and flight

In 1996, a Royal Commission chaired by Justice James Woods was shown home videos and photographs from Dunn's collection, which included many images of child sex abuse, usually featuring Dunn himself as the perpetrator.[4] In April 1996, NSW Police forwarded a brief of evidence to the Director of Public Prosecutions, seeking approximately 28 serious criminal charges under the Crimes Act, including acts of gross indecency, homosexual intercourse with a male under the age of 10 years, and the employment of children for sex.[5]

Dunn fled Australia for Lombok in Indonesia, where he was found living with up to four men who would lure boys back to their home with gifts of clothes and cigarettes.[6] Realising he was under investigation by Australian police, he fled again to Honduras in Central America. He was tracked down to a hotel in the capital of Tegucigalpa, where he was confronted by a 60 Minutes television team in 1997.[6][4]

Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright authorised his extradition back to Australia after he was deported from Honduras to the United States.[4] He was extradited back to Australia the following year to face charges.[6]

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Criminal activities and network

Dunn had a long history of abusing boys between the ages of seven and fifteen years old, often videotaping them. Usually, he would offer them money and marijuana in exchange for anal sex.[6] From jail, he repeatedly made written and verbal statements to the effect that he saw nothing wrong with sex between a man and a boy, telling a court-appointed psychologist in 2001: "I would have remorse if there was harm done. I did not do harm."[7]

He was a friend and accomplice of Australian diplomat William Stuart Brown, another convicted child molester.[8] Dunn was also connected to a paedophile ring that operated in Sydney during the 1980s. Court documents revealed that John Thomas Shiel, who was later convicted of 54 child sex offences, regularly took victims to Dunn's home for sexual abuse in exchange for money between 1984 and 1986.[9][10]

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Health issues and death

In 2004, after suffering from angina, Dunn underwent coronary bypass surgery.[6] Believed to be at high risk of retaliation from other prisoners, he was isolated from the main prison population throughout his incarceration.[6]

Dunn died on 11 July 2009, aged 68, from suspected heart failure and multiple organ failure at Long Bay Prison Hospital.[6][11] As with all deaths in custody, a coronial inquest was conducted.[6] He would have been eligible for parole on 9 November 2015.[2]

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