24 Mar 2021

Dilworth School abuse survivor speaks directly to abuser

From First Up, 5:13 am on 24 March 2021

A Dilworth school abuse survivor came face to face with his abuser in the Auckland District Court yesterday. Neil Harding, now aged 55, waived his right to name suppression to address 69-year-old Ian Robert Wilson who abused him when he was just 11 years old. Wilson, a former Dilworth assistant principal, was sentenced to three years and seven months in prison. Here is some of Neil Harding's statement to his abuser Ian Wilson in court.