A former Salvation Army officer will again front court in May.
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John Dalziel McIver, 77, faced Downing Centre Local Court on Thursday. He was charged in November with six counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, four of common assault and two of indecent assault on a male.
Police allege the offences occurred at the Bexley Boys Home between 1968 and 1974. McIver also served at Goulburn’s Salvation Army Boys Home.
He was arrested at a Richmond home on November 2 by officers attached to strike Force Lehmann, formed to investigate allegations of historical sexual assault at the Salvation army’s Bexley and Goulburn Homes.
McIver has not yet entered a plea.
Thursday’s was McIver’s third appearance before a Local Court. The magistrate adjourned the case to May 4 for mention before Downing Centre Local Court. A brief of evidence will be served by March 23 with a reply by the defence by May 4.
McIver’s bail was continued with the variation that he report to Windsor Police Station daily and that he surrender his passport and not apply for another.
Louise Thrower
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If you have a story to tell, drop me a line at louise.thrower@austcommunitymedia.com.au or call 0418 229 678.
