Indecently assaulted students

AUCKLAND: A teacher has been sentenced to four months’ home detention for inappropriately touching male students at his Auckland home.

Ian Ross McKinney (70) was sentenced yesterday in the North Shore District Court for the indecent assault of two male students, who were aged 16 and 24 at the time of the offending.

According to online profiles, the Devonport man taught at the New Zealand Institute of Education, an institution which teaches business skills and provides Englishlanguage tuition.

McKinney had pleaded guilty to the offending, which occurred at his home at three different times between January 28 and June 28 last year.

A teacher since 1967, McKinney regularly had international students staying with him at his North Shore home, the court heard.

The first victim arrived in January last year to stay with McKinney, while the second victim, an Indonesian national, stayed with him from June 5 to 28 last year.

After the first victim moved in, McKinney entered the student’s room wearing nothing but a singlet and underwear.

He then began hugging the student, his genitals touching the lower half of the student’s body. On another occasion McKinney entered the room while the student was sleeping.

McKinney’s second victim was walking down the hallway of the home when the teacher, again dressed in little clothing, began stroking the student’s bottom.

When sentencing him Judge Sanjay Patel ordered McKinney to undergo any recommended treatment and prevented him from having any international students under the age of 25 as guests at his home. — NZME