Former teacher charged over alleged historical child sexual offences - Raymond Terrace

Thursday, 12 June 2025 08:15:08 PM

A former teacher has been charged over alleged historic sexual offences in the Upper Hunter area.

In January 2025, detectives from Port Stephens-Hunter Police District commenced an investigation into reports a teacher in the Raymond Terrace area had allegedly sexually assaulted two boys aged between 14 and 15 in the 1980s.

Police will allege in court that between 1986 and 1987, the man allegedly sexually assaulted a teenage boy while he was teaching him to ride a motorbike on a property in Clarence Town.

Another boy was also allegedly sexually assaulted by the man at the same location.

Following extensive inquiries by police, on Monday 9 June 2025, an 84-year-old Clarence Town man was issued a court attendance notice for three counts of sexual assault – person under 16 years of age.

He is due to appear before Raymond Terrace Local Court on Monday 28 July 2025.

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