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Ex-NZ teacher accused of raping male students could avoid extradition from UK over ECHR rights

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Kevan Dooley (Inset).

Former teacher Kevan Dooley, 69, who faces accusations of raping and molesting six male students in New Zealand, may escape extradition to face trial due to claims his rights under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) would be infringed.

Dooley, who relocated to England from New Zealand, was ruled eligible for extradition by a British judge, but his appeal to the Home Secretary cites Article 8 of the ECHR, arguing that extradition would violate his right to “privacy and a family life.”

Despite dismissals from the court, his claim must be considered by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper before further action can be taken.

The accusations date back to 1988 when Dooley was a teacher and basketball coach at Rangatahi College in Murupara (closed in 2013), where former students allege he assaulted them at his home or a motel after providing them with alcohol and drugs. The case was initially investigated in 2008 following a victim’s suicide, but authorities delayed pursuing extradition until 2016, when new allegations surfaced. Dooley had relocated to the UK in 1997.

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4 COMMENTS

  1. He looks like a creep. At 69 he looks way older than his years. His earlier photo is of him, he the one inbetween two other men, I’d say. Self infatuated.

  2. He deserves to be taken back to NZ and face those victims he raped and touched while getting them drunk and giving them drugs. The victims have to carry that around with them FOR LIFE!!

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