I was charged with naming this now convicted kiddy fiddler teacher.
Name suppression has been lifted on a former North Shore primary school teacher who was today sentenced to home detention for sexual grooming and misconduct involving two underage boys.
Michael James Dobbyn, 52, has today been sentenced to 12 months home detention and 250 hours community work for four charges against two boys who were aged 10 and 12 when the first offences took place.
The charges were two of sexual conduct with a young person under 16, and two of meeting a young person under the age of 16 following sexual grooming.
Dressed in a black jacket sports jacket and business pants, Dobbyn shook and clutched onto beams supporting the dock at the North Shore District Court.
The conditions of his sentence are that he does not interact with anyone under the age of 16, the victims, or their families.
He is not allowed to leave his home except to attend doctors or counselling appointments and must complete a Safe course for sex offenders.
He has also been ordered not to go to shops between 3pm and 7pm.
Of course now that we know who he is the public can monitor his behaviour and contact with children. They never could have if his name suppression had remained. It begs the question as to why he had name suppression in the first place. Of course now that he is named I wonder if the Police will continue to pursue the prosecution on this particular charge of mine.
