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The principal of a Wairarapa school whose deputy has been accused of indecently assaulting a pupil recalled yesterday in court the father of the alleged victim uttering an angry racial slur against the accused.
Masterton Intermediate deputy principal Russell Brian Thompson, 46, faces two charges in Wellington District Court of performing an indecent act on a 12-year-old girl. He has pleaded not guilty and has not sought name suppression.
The prosecution alleges he touched the girl's bottom on the outside of her clothes on many occasions and that he kissed her.
The school's principal, Frazer Mailman, and five other teachers at the school told the court he was one of the most popular teachers at the school and they would trust him around all students, male and female.
- NZPA
