Police are expecting to tell survivors of Lake Alice’s child and adolescent unit in September if former staff will face charges. Police had written to survivors of the Lake Alice child and adolescent unit saying they would organise a series of meetings to tell them about their findings in early July. The Royal Commission heard Leeks, who lives in Australia, was 92 and suffered from serious health problems. Malcolm Richards, of Hawke’s Bay, was sent to Lake Alice in 1975 aged 15. He said he’d been advised police would make a decision about charging former Lake Alice staff members in late September, and expected the delay was because of new information.

Source: Stuff August 30, 2021 04:18 UTC