The children were attracted to me, says the alleged school predator

His lawyers claimed to have been the victim of the “Rumor Mill” school, having fought accusations similar to him in 1985, which the Court listened

“I was practical, but I was not sexual”

The now 71 -year -old was interviewed by the police on August 2, 2022 after being arrested in a Blue Mountains house during the current accusations. Three of the complaints later came forward after a release of the police and coverage by this masthead.

In the interview for hours, offered in court and obtained by The Sydney Morning HeraldLunn said he was a practical teacher, adding: “A man should be able to treat children in the same way as women”.

“A couple of times they said:” If you were a woman, it would be fine. But you are not, “he said.” Children need some hands. So yes, I was practical, but I was not sexual. “

To the question from the police if there had been “a victim or a number of victims” in his previous judicial proceedings, Lunn said: “There were no victims. They were normal things transformed into sexual things”.

When he “slipped a child” their uniform, he involved “attacking the hand in his pants,” he said.

As for the current case, public ministries argue that Lungn sexually abused students while sitting in her womb or stopped next to him during the activities including show-and -ll and scoring their work.

Lungn said during the show, would allow the students “who loved to talk … go on with it”, while the “very shy” children were kept close and gave a pat or a stroke on the back for reassurance.

“There were no small subtle things,” said the former teacher.

He said it was possible that he had judged himself badly and “go to touch his back, and lower more or something like that”.

Lunn denied the specific accusations against him and seemed shocked by some of the suggested behavior, replying that he was “ridiculous” and putting his head in his hands.

He also denied being sexually attracted to children.

“I really loved them. I cared about them … I won’t say that I didn’t love them, I did it, you love every child you have, but not sexually,” said Lunn.

To the question of the police of the “reason” that many people have come forward with similar accusations, Lungn said: “only that it was put in the head of the past in some way, or are looking for money”.

The court listened to during the interview, Lunn complained of thoracic pain and was evaluated before it continued.

The defense lawyer Pierre de Dassel presented the judge should accept long as “completely truthful”. He argued that the police had conducted the interview confused, dishonestly or “seriously inaccurate”, mixing the accusations with hypothetical questions “intended to confuse anyone” and try to reverse the burden of proof.

‘Hiding in plain sight’

The eight complaints, together with parents, partners, brothers and other former students, provided evidence on the alleged acts of Monn and any complaints made in the four decades before they were reported to the police.

A complainant said he was digitally penetrated by Monn and said he was a “good girl”. He said that “he had nobody to say”, but after the accident, he started putting a couple of more underpants on tights.

A man said Lunn harassed him and kissed him and tried separately to push the pajamas trousers into a school field. That man’s wife showed that he was “hyper-video on the protection of minors” for their children and “hated” the idea of ​​the pajamas party.

Another denunciant said that Loln stroked his body while marked his work on his desk. He said he secretly brought his working folder at home and tried to erase his writings because he didn’t want to ask him for a new work folder, but the penalty of the pencil had remained.

The woman said she got angry and said to her mother: “I don’t like what the teacher does.” He said that his mother’s initial reaction was to say: “You know it is very bad to invent lies”.

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The prosecutor said Lunn was a “predator” and was a “classic example of hiding in plain sight”.

He said that the “vulnerable, trusted, small children” captured in time in their school photographs were now adults who had “courageously, credibly and reliablely to the court what they accused them did”.

The defense argued that “Voices, Scuttlebutt and Innuendo” circulated in sets and social families, who had the ability to alter and contaminate the memories of the students.

The lawyer of Monn said that his client successfully defended the accusations against him in the 1980s, but faces a forensic disadvantage on the current accusations “from the same well of voices” because of the passage of time.

“My client is the victim of hatred against him that those voices have created,” said De Dassel.

Judge Paul Maguire will issue his verdicts on April 23.

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