Ex-Alice Springs school principal spared jail for assaulting Indigenous students
by Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#7234Z)
Gavin Morris, a former NRL referee, found guilty of putting pupils in choke holds and twisting their ears
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A former NRL referee has been spared jail after abusing his position of trust as a school principal by putting Indigenous students into choke holds and painfully twisting their ears.
Gavin Morris was found guilty of four counts of aggravated assault and on Thursday was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment fully suspended for two years on condition he be of good behaviour.
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