A FORMER music teacher has been jailed for at least 22 years for sexually abusing 11 girls and filming the assaults on hidden cameras.
Colin Doo, 51, from Romsey in Victoria, pleaded guilty to 36 counts of abuse, including rape and procuring a minor for child pornography.
Victorian Supreme Court Justice Paul Coghlan today said viewing some of the video of Doo’s abuse was “one of the most unpleasant tasks” he has had to undertake in his legal career. Justice Coghlan sentenced Doo to 25 years and seven months in jail, with a minimum term of 22 years.
“There can be no greater breach nor more serious than the abuse of children placed in your care,” Justice Coghlan said. Doo groomed his victims by befriending their families and gaining their trust, the Supreme Court had earlier heard. He met his victims, aged from seven to 16, through his music teaching job at a local school in central Victoria between 1996 and 2008.
He would offer the victims lollies, drinks and chips and the use of his home computer before introducing sexual talk and behaviour. The court heard Doo set up secret cameras in his home to film his assaults and even set up one in a homemade toilet in his bedroom so he could film his victims using it. Pornographic photos and videos of his victims were found in Doo’s home after his 2008 arrest.
Police found 58 video cassettes, 12 computer hard drives, five video cameras and sexual aids, while a second search uncovered more than 1000 CDs, hard drives, hundreds of computer disks and a number of image slides.
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