Australia, Aug. 11 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 11:
1. HARRISON CJ at CL: Neil Futcher stood trial in the District Court at Sydney before her Honour Judge Girdham SC and a jury between 16 August 2016 and 14 September 2016 on an indictment charging 22 offences. The charges all related to historical sexual offending by Mr Futcher against six young male complainants in the period 1974 to 1981 when Mr Futcher was employed as a teacher and as a swimming coach. In summary, those charges were compendiously described as follows:
* 10 counts of "indecent assault on a male" contrary to s 81 of the Crimes Act 1900 (Counts 1, 3, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 19, 20);
* 8 counts of "buggery" con...