A 14th arrest has been made underneath Operation Beverly, the investigation into historic sexual offending at Dilworth Faculty in Auckland, police say.
The 66-year-old man had been sought by the investigation workforce for numerous years and had been offshore.
Detective inspector Scott Beard says the person was arrested in Blenheim yesterday, April 22.
“I can verify this particular person returned to New Zealand final week and has been engaged by a member of the investigation workforce on his arrival.
“He has been spoken to and has now been arrested and charged.”
The 66-year-old man has been charged with three counts of sexual violation by illegal sexual connection, and three counts of incident assault on a boy aged 12-16, Beard says.
The person is because of make his first look within the Blenheim District Court docket at present, earlier than the matter is transferred to the Auckland District Court docket for a listening to on April 29.
Beard says the costs laid are for alleged offending in opposition to three boys within the early Nineteen Nineties, who had been college students at Dilworth Faculty in central Auckland.
“The arrest is a big improvement within the investigation, particularly for these males who’ve waited a while for this matter to be heard within the justice system.
At this stage, two males stay earlier than the Auckland District Court docket for alleged offending recognized by means of the course of the investigation, Beard says.
A 73-year-old man charged in late 2025 is because of reappear in court docket in April 2027.
