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WARNING: Distressing content A counsellor was able to sexually abuse troubled youths referred to his clinic by courts and state officials after police failed to investigate an earlier complaint, a jury has heard. Allan Keith Huggins is accused of molesting 13 vulnerable teenage boys in Sydney and the rural New South Wales town of Armidale from 1977 to 1986.
On one occasion he sucked the teen’s genitals, to which she said “stop, stop” while the alleged assault continued, the jury heard. After that, the counsellor again tried to exert his influence, the prosecutor said. “If you tell your mum, she won’t believe you,” the counsellor allegedly said. The teen and Huggins later had consensual sex, but on one occasion he was too aggressive, Patch said. She had to get new clothes as her pants were left full of faeces and blood, the court heard.
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