Chargesheet filed against Australian doc in paedophilia case Bhubaneswar, Mon, 12 Jan 2009 NI Wire Two months after a paedophilia case hogged the limelight in Puri district; Orissa police has filed a charge sheet against the accused — a 65-year-old Australian doctor, officials said on Monday. The doctor was arrested on accusation of alleged sexual harassment of 11 boys of an orphanage and had been sent to a judicial custody. * E-mail Article * Printer Friendly * Text-Size Alan Herbert Rose alias Paul Allen, an eye surgeon, was arrested on Nov 12 last year after the founder of the orphanage, Mary Ellen, lodged a complaint against the accused on Nov 5. The local court had rejected the bail plea of the doctor. According to local police, they have enough evidence against the doctor who was working as custodian of the children living in an orphanage run by Mary Ellen Gerber Foundation, a non-government organization. With allegation that Paul Allen was sexually abusing the orphans, Debi Prasad Dash, the inspector in-charge of Puri Sadar police station, told IANS, ‘A charge-sheet was filed in the court of the sub-divisional judicial magistrate on Saturday against the Australian who had been continuously assaulting the boys aged 14-18 over the past five years.’ The non-profit foundation runs a number of orphanages in India and abroad. For the doctor’s identity, it has been discovered that he belongs to Bunbury in West Australia, and was working in the orphanage since its inception in 2002. Local police also informed that Paul Allen didn’t have valid legal documents for his stay in India. He has been charged under various acts for sexually assault and harassment of minor, criminal conspiracy, and violating the Foreigners' Act. As per a report published on November 14, 2008, the accused is also facing similar charges in the neighbouring state, Andhra Pradesh. Meanwhile, the doctor lodged in Puri district jail is moving to Orissa High Court for bail but the police are trying to furnish all details to corroborate the sexual charges against the doctor. If convicted, the doctor will have to serve up to 10 years in prison.

Bhubaneswar, Jan 14: Two months after a paedophilia case hogged the limelight in Puri district; Orissa police has filed a charge sheet against the accused — a 65-year-old Australian doctor, officials said on Monday. The doctor was arrested on accusation of alleged sexual harassment of 11 boys of an orphanage and had been sent to a judicial custody.
 
Alan Herbert Rose alias Paul Allen, an eye surgeon, was arrested on Nov 12 last year after the founder of the orphanage, Mary Ellen, lodged a complaint against the accused on Nov 5. The local court had rejected the bail plea of the doctor.

According to local police, they have enough evidence against the doctor who was working as custodian of the children living in an orphanage run by Mary Ellen Gerber Foundation, a non-government organization.

With allegation that Paul Allen was sexually abusing the orphans, Debi Prasad Dash, the inspector in-charge of Puri Sadar police station, told IANS, ‘A charge-sheet was filed in the court of the sub-divisional judicial magistrate on Saturday against the Australian who had been continuously assaulting the boys aged 14-18 over the past five years.’

The non-profit foundation runs a number of orphanages in India and abroad. For the doctor’s identity, it has been discovered that he belongs to Bunbury in West Australia, and was working in the orphanage since its inception in 2002.

Local police also informed that Paul Allen didn’t have valid legal documents for his stay in India. He has been charged under various acts for sexually assault and harassment of minor, criminal conspiracy, and violating the Foreigners' Act.

As per a report published on November 14, 2008, the accused is also facing similar charges in the neighbouring state, Andhra Pradesh.

Meanwhile, the doctor lodged in Puri district jail is moving to Orissa High Court for bail but the police are trying to furnish all details to corroborate the sexual charges against the doctor. If convicted, the doctor will have to serve up to 10 years in prison.