The Sydney Morning Herald from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia • Page 9

THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1997 9 i Closed ranks at JC after pedophile raid Sting snared 'Dolly' Dunn i 1 i i I I s. Is. hiiM ii -w -ty" I 1 -ff i i-j-A 1 1971-1987 Robert Joseph Dunn was a science and 'discipline' master at Marist Brothers College, Penshurst. Had a homosexual relationship with another teacher, Bill Allen, who was killed in a gay bashing in 1988 October 1989 Dunn was arrested along with Kings Cross police officer Larry Churchill and another pedophile over a major amphetamine racket. Two months after his arrest Dunn began co-operating with police 1990 Dunn was indemnified against prosecution over his pedophile activities in 1990 in exchange for giving evidence against three police officers who he had allegedly bribed March 1996 Photographs presented at the NSW Royal Commission depicting Dunn having sex with prepubescent.

boys. Dunn was tracked down by the media living on the Indonesian island of Lombok but he fled before police arrived October 1996 More than 20 criminal charges laid against Dunn, in his absence, Further 71 warrants, almost all relating to sex offences against 10 under-age boys, issued soon after November 1996 Dunn leaves Amsterdam' and disappears. He entered Honduras on a tourist visa via the United States August 1997 Channel Nine's 60 Minutes producer Steve Barrett gets tip of Dunn's whereabouts and hires US-based Australian freelancer Melanie Morningstar to track him down v. (f '4 pi i By GREG ROBERTS Queensland's Criminal Justice Commission (CJC) has closed ranks around a senior officer of the anti-corruption body whose home was raided by police investigating an alleged pedophilia ring. The Police Commissioner, Mr Jim O'Sullivan, said he was "disappointed but not surprised" that a year-long investigation had implicated two prominent Brisbane residents in what he described as "very serious allegations.

The homes of the two, including that of the CJC officer, were raided by police on Monday night. Material was seized and several people are being questioned. Mr O'Sullivan- said he personally supervised the investigation because of the nature of the activities and the identities of people allegedly involved. He could not say if charges would be laid but the investigation by a special pedophilia task force would continue for several weeks. The CJC chairman, Mr Frank Clair, said the commission was co-operating fully with the investigation but he had no reason to believe charges would be laid against the officer.

Although the officer occupies an important position in the commission corruption prevention division, Mr Clair said there was no connection between his "private activities" and his functions at the CJC. "It is important to emphasise that the officer has never played any role in the initiation, conduct or determination of investigations conducted by the CJC," he said. Mr Clair said the officer is on leave. His position will be reviewed when Mr Clair has had the opportunity to assess all the available information. "I will continue to closely monitor the situation.

If the evidence warrants it, the officer will be stood down." In an unusual twist, police have refused to reprimand The Courier-Mail newspaper for naming the officer in editions published yesterday, despite concerns that publication could prejudice investigations or possible prosecutions. A police spokesman, Mr Brian Swift, said that for legal and operational reasons, police generally did not approve of the premature naming of people, but they had no view on the newspaper's decision to name the officer. Mr Swift said the investigation concerned a "loosely connected group of people" not an organised pedophilia network. Dunn arrested in a hotel in November 11, 1997 Honduras Video stills from a pedophile tape shown at the Police Royal Commission istressing and offensive: why From Page 1 Fleeing again before police could get to him, he went to Amsterdam, and then to Honduras. He entered the country via the US.

on a tourist visa, but had to take employment first as a private school teacher and then as a cook in a restaurant in a resort town outside Tegucigalpa. Calling himself Bob, he lived with a male friend and enjoyed a good life. Those who were later to put him under surveillance said he gave no sign he was hunted. But four months ago time was running out. Barrett, 40, a veteran police rounds and investigative reporter and now a producer with Channel 9's 60 Minutes, got a tip-off from a source he refuses to disclose that Dunn was somewhere in Honduras.

60 Minutes sent Melanie Morningstar, an Australian freelance reporter working in the US, to Honduras to follow up Barrett's information. It took her six weeks, but she tracked Dunn to the resort restaurant. Unfortunately, he had just been sacked. With his former employer's help, Morningstar found Dunn. Barrett arranged for surveillance and two weeks ago took film of Dunn in Honduras to Inspector Ball, who confirmed it was Dunn.

By then Australian police also had information that Dunn was somewhere in Honduras. With the agreement of Inspector Ball, the Child Protection Agency and the Australian Federal Police, Barrett, co-producer Gareth Harvey and reporter Hayes flew to Honduras with a camera team 10 days ago and arranged the plot which was to lure Dunn to captivity. By then, Dunn was in trouble. His visa had expired a month ago, he was short of money and illegally seeking work. His former employer told him a business opportunity had arisen which would solve his problems.

A meeting was arranged at the capital's best hotel. Dunn and his friend went to room 1071. Barrett and his team were awaiting in adjacent 1070. They waited until Dunn was relaxed and halfway through his first drink before walking in. video made them Dolly gasp US uneasy over beef By KATE McCLYMONT and NICK PAPAD0P0UL0S At the opening of the royal commission's pedophile hearings in March 1996, journalists were shown pornographic photographs of men having sex with young boys.

The commissioner, Justice Wood, warned the evidence would be "distressing and He was right. The nature of the material was so horrific that one of the two adult perpetrators was sentenced to 16 years' jail. The other was the one who got away the former Marist Brothers science master Robert "Dolly" Dunn. Earlier that day, a home video made by Dunn was shown at the commission. Titled Mud-gee Wine Country with Jedda and Dolly Dunn, the video was of Dunn and a male companion travelling around Mudgee and Raymond Terrace stalking boys aged about eight or nine.

Some of Dunn's comments on the video produced gasps in the courtroom, but Dunn wasn't around to hear them. He had fled overseas, leading officers from the NSW Child Protection Enforcement Agency (CPEA) from country to country in a two-year, cat-and-mouse game. Last April, when tracked down by the media on the Indonesian island of Lombok, Dunn fled before police arrived. And, following the arrest of the businessman and other alleged pedophile Philip Bell earlier this year, he became Australia's "most wanted" man. "The problem is he goes to backward countries, poor countries, where he can get his children," the head of the CPEA, Detective Inspector Gordon Ball, has been reported as saying.

"He will give families $20 and they aren't prepared to report anything because it's a lot of money for them." As the worldwide hunt contin officer were acquitted of extorting the $40,000 from Dunn and his friend. Although Churchill and Wells continued to maintain their innocence before the commission, the third officer "rolled over" admitting they had taken the money. Despite having found 17 of Dunn's videos showing him abusing young children, the police had decided to indemnify Dunn in order to give evidence against the police whom he had bribed. Commissioner James Wood asked Detective Chief Inspector Ken Watson why it was more important to prosecute corrupt police rather than a man sexually abusing young children. Inspector Watson said police had planned to investigate the pedophile activities at a later date.

It appears that the DPP, the Solicitor-General, or the Attorney-General all of hom were involved in the decision to grant Dunn an immunity knew nothing about Dunn's 17 videos. Almost as shocking were rev elations at the royal commission that police had turned a blind eye to Dunn's activities. In 1989 Dunn, another pedophile, and Kings Cross police officer Larry Churchill were arrested over a major amphetamine racket Two months after his arrest Dunn began co-operating with police. Dunn told the police that two years earlier Churchill and another officer, Peter Wells, had been involved in extorting $40,000 from him and another pedophile who was wanted in Queensland. When Wells raided Dunn's Chippendale house he found a boy in bed wearing only his underpants.

He also found videos showing Dunn's sexual activity with children. The royal commission heard that despite this evidence, Wells had written in a police report there was "no indication that Dunn solicits In 1994 Churchill, Wells and a third ued for Dunn, authorities in Australia were kept extremely busy with the police compiling a massive brief of evidence and the Director of Public Prosecutions preparing warrants and charges. As a result Dunn, when extradited back to Australia, will face prosecution on 83 sex offences against 10 under-age boys. The alleged offences are said to have taken place between 1979 and 1995, with the majority occurring at Dunn's Sydney properties. Police say a solid case has been built against him.

More than 220 videos seized during a raid at Dunn's property at Mildura, in Victoria, allegedly depict sex acts with under-age children some as young as 11. "Dunn has filmed himself or someone has filmed him in the commission of offences with children. Sometimes with more than one child," said one source. If convicted, Dunn faces a lengthy prison term. ceded yesterday that the US concerns would slow the phased introduction of the cost-saving scheme.

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