Robert 'Dolly' Dunn

Robert "Dolly" Dunn
Dunn spent the last 11 years of his life in Long Bay Correctional Centre
Born	Robert Joseph Dunn 1941
Died	11 July 2009 (aged 68) Long Bay Correctional Centre, Malabar, New South Wales, Australia
Cause	Multiple organ failure
Charge(s)	Child sexual assault (24 charges) Supply cannabis (3 charges)
Penalty	20 years imprisonment 18 years non-parole period
Status	Deceased
Occupation	School teacher

Robert Joseph "Dolly" Dunn (ca. 1941 – 11 July 2009) was an Australian convicted child molester. He was a school teacher by profession, working for the Marist Brothers, a Catholic religious order.

He began a 20-year jail sentence in 2001 for 24 sexual offences occurring between 1985 and 1995. In 1996, a Royal Commission chaired by Justice James Woods was shown home videos and photographs from Dunn's collection, which included many images of child sex abuse, usually featuring Dunn himself as the perpetrator. Dunn fled the country, but was later found in Honduras after being tracked down by Australia's 60 Minutes program. Then-US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright authorised his extradition back to Australia after he was deported from Honduras to the United States.^[1]

Dunn had a long history of abusing boys between the ages of seven and 15, often videotaping them. Usually, he would offer them money and marijuana in exchange for anal sex. From jail, he repeatedly made written and verbal statements to the effect that he saw nothing wrong with sex between a man and a boy. He previously spent time in Indonesia and the Netherlands. He was a friend and accomplice of Australian diplomat William Stuart Brown, another convicted child molester.^[2]

In 2004, Dunn underwent coronary bypass surgery after suffering from angina. Believed to be at high risk of retaliation from other prisoners, he was isolated from the main prison population.

Dunn died on 11 July 2009, aged 68,^[3] from multiple organ failure. He would not have been eligible for parole until 9 November 2015.

References

1. ^ Cornford, Philip (12 November 1997). "How A Hotel Room Sting Ended Manhunt For Dunn". The Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.miamihotel.com.au/miami-hotel-news/1997/11/12/how-a-hotel-room-sting-ended-manhunt-for-dunn/. Retrieved 2009-07-14. 
2. ^ Wayne Miller and Candace Sutton (18 January 2004). "Australian quizzed over Bali child sex". The Sun-Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/17/1073878079569.html?from=storyrhs. Retrieved 2007-01-15. 
3. ^ "Sex offender Robert 'Dolly' Dunn dies in jail". The Australian. 11 July 2009. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25764353-5006784,00.html. Retrieved 2009-07-11. 

• Sydney Morning Herald
• MAKO
• Connection to William Brown
• Franca Arena's question in the NSW Parliament

Persondata
Name	Dunn, Robert
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1941
Place of birth
Date of death	2009-07-11
Place of death	Long Bay Correctional Centre, Malabar, New South Wales, Australia