A court has reportedly been told a custodial sentence for the founder of the Muswellbrook Youth Centre would “almost inevitably” result in him dying in jail.
74-year-old Neville Roughan is facing sentencing in Sydney District Court over 33 charges, including multiple counts of sexual and indecent assault and supplying drugs in connection to the abuse of 10 young boys over a nearly four decade period between 1967 and 2003.
The Herald reports…Roughan, also known as Neville Knight, is a sadistic paedophile and half-brother of killer Katherine Knight, who used his position as centre director and as a youth worker to prey on vulnerable children.
He pleaded guilty to all charges in September after previously denying the accusations.
Roughan will be sentenced on December 4.
