Extradition battle over British Kiwi teacher Kevan Dooley, accused of sexually assaulting students

Two other students then came forward detectives with accusations about Dooley, the Mail reported.

The charges relate to incidents between 1988 and 1997 – when Dooley left New Zealand – allegedly at Dooley’s home or motel, often after the victims had gone to sleep or been encouraged to drink or smoke cannabis.

Police began investigating in 2008, Westminster Crown Court heard in September.

But because the Kiwi had been in Britain for more than a decade, they believed the crimes did not warrant extradition proceedings, the Mail reported, citing court documents.

Here the case was reopened in 2016 after the mother of the Murupara man who committed suicide mistakenly believed Dooley was back in New Zealand.

She then gave police details about more alleged victims.

One said he was sexually abused at the age of 14 after falling asleep during “parties” at Dooley’s house between 1991 and 1993. Another was woken up at the age of 15 and sexually abused. Mail reported.

He just “really liked to cuddle,” Dooley reportedly told one victim.

Charges were eventually laid against Dooley, an arrest warrant was issued, an extradition request was sent to Britain’s National Crime Agency two years ago and the Kiwi was captured in London in May last year.

Dooley denies wrongdoing, but a British judge has ruled that the evidence that he gave male students drink and drugs before attacking them is strong enough to warrant extradition. Mail wrote.

When contacted by the Mail in his flat – meters from a primary school – Dooley said only that he was “fighting the extradition”.

The pensioner has claimed that being forced to appear in court in New Zealand would breach his right to ‘privacy and family life’ under the European Convention on Human Rights. Mail reported.

However, he was said to have no family, few friends and “not much of a home” in Britain, they wrote.

Dooley’s claim is being considered Great Britain Home Affairs Minister Yvette Cooper.

Despite accusations in New Zealand about Dooley, he was able to teach maths to young male schoolchildren in south London before being sacked in 2015. Mail reported.

And in 2021, he was arrested by the Metropolitan Police after a homeless young Iranian refugee he took in alleged that Dooley had sexually assaulted him, they wrote.

No charges have been filed.

New Zealand Police have been contacted for comment.

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