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Australian True Crime

The predatory music teacher who was brought to justice

Australian True Crime

Bravecasting

True Crime

4.51K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 380 of Australian True Crime, we spoke to Anna, one of four women whose evidence convicted former South Australian teacher Trenton John Wickers of indecent assault of children and unlawful sexual intercourse with a child in the 1990s.


In November of 2018, Judge Simon Stretton characterised Wickers as a serious repeat offender and sentenced him to ten years jail with a non-parole period of eight years.


As the end of that minimum jail period draws near, one of the other three women who helped convict Wickers, Jane, joins us today on Australian True Crime to talk publicly for the first time. She's passionate about the importance of speaking out about historical sexual assault.


As she puts it, many voices can bring about change, and this is her story.


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CREDITS:

Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram 

Guest: Jane (not her real name)

Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard


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0:00.0

We're bringing Australian True Crime live to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne this July,

0:04.3

and I have to tell you that Brisbane sold out already.

0:07.5

Good for you, Brisbane, so we've quickly added a second show.

0:10.3

Now we can't keep adding more shows, so please make sure you get your tickets. Our special guests,

0:15.2

our forensic criminologist Santee Mallet in Brisbane and Sydney and the one and only Charlie Bizina in

0:19.9

Melbourne. There'll be a Q&A of course so you can ask your own burning questions on the night but you have to book quickly.

0:26.0

This is a true crime podcast as the title suggests.

0:29.0

So please consider this your warning that it's not suitable for children and it probably will

0:33.8

contain content that may be triggering to some people. Also it's an Australian

0:38.3

true crime podcast so Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

0:41.9

listeners should be aware it may contain the voices of deceased people.

0:47.0

The producers of this podcast recognize the traditional owners of the land on which it's recorded.

0:57.0

They pay respect to the Aboriginal elders past, present and those emerging.

1:07.0

If you're going to heal and you're going to get better and you're going to move on and maybe have those healthier relationships

1:13.7

and maybe stay away from drinking too much and that.

1:18.0

You do need to deal with things that happen in your life and move on because I can't keep letting it drag me down forever and that's the

1:27.1

mindset of a survivor not a victim. In episode 380 of Australian True Crime, we spoke to Anna, one of four women whose evidence convicted former South Australian teacher Trenton John Wickers of indecent

1:45.5

assault of children and unlawful sexual intercourse with a child in the 1990s.

1:51.7

He is a reminder of Anna's story.

1:54.0

So this teacher was mid 20, I think it was about 26 when he came to our school.

2:00.0

You know, the cool young teacher and he'd let you jam in the music room at lunchtime and he

2:06.4

played in bands and what he did with me was he said you should join the choir.

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