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Sexual violation (x2), indecent assault (x6), attempting to induce an indecent act committed against 4 boys aged
13, 11 and 9 while on parole from September 1993. Also has 15 previous convictions including indecent assault
on boys in November 1974, August 1986 and abducting a boy in January 1991
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none known
Born 1951
Prison
Under preventive detention
Sentence upheld on appeal in June 1995
Background
A pre-sentence report described Dobson as a "recidivist paedophile who demonstrated no remorse for his victims or motivation to address his offending". Crown Prosecutor Lester Cordwell also described Dobson as a "recidivist paedophile, a menace to children and a parent's worst nightmare".