Geoffrey Coker, a 75-year-old former teacher at St Peter’s School near Cambridge, was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison on Friday in the Hamilton District Court, for sexually offending against seven young boys between 1975 and 1976.
Found guilty on nine charges, including indecent acts and inducing boys to perform such acts, Coker maintained he was “a scapegoat” and showed no remorse, a stance that influenced Judge Tini Clark’s decision to impose jail time rather than home detention.
The offenses, which occurred in Waikato and at his staff apartment, came to light after a 2021 school apology prompted a police investigation.
The victims, now adults, confronted Coker in court, detailing the lasting harm of his actions, while the judge dismissed his claims of being unfairly targeted, while praising the courage of those who sought justice after nearly five decades.
Starting at a three-year-two-month term, the judge applied a 15% discount for “prior good character”, but Coker’s lack of self-accountability sealed his prison sentence.
Fiend
Jail time…means he’s ‘not in the know’ and was not handled by the symbolic ‘Kid Gloves’ as per Masonic ritual.
He did however, handle kids…as now confirmed by the judgement entry.
Even more of a reason to Home-School so that your children never have to come into contact with MoE sexual sociopaths who exhibit psychopathic tendencies!
The whole system is warped. Just look at the creepy sexualized messaging that’s been pushed. We also home school.
Must have been horrifying for these kids
Scars
When pictures of these people are post if possible they should post a timeline of their photos at say 10 year intervals from when they are 18 years old, as what they look like now is not what they looked like then.
Dirty old creep…..
Says he’s been used as a scapegoat- oh yeah? Well name the other offenders then.