What the DEC and Police did about Russell school sex allegations

An email between Lyn Duncan and a member of Bathurst SEA staff shows what was done regarding the allegation that Jeremy Russell had sex with Melissa Harris at Carenne. In the email, Duncan outlined what had been done since the allegation surfaced.

The email is consistent with the chat transcript leaked by Anonymous to their blog.

Frighteningly, the email shows that Carenne were aware of the allegations the day after the incident is alleged to have occurred, however in contravention of child protection policies, it was not reported to EPAC by the person receiving the complaint (Terry Neal) or Duncan herself. Only when a whistleblower at the school contacted Gary Bevan did EPAC become aware of the very serious allegations.

The email indicates that there was an allegation that the student was offered a bribe if she said that she was raped by a student and not by Jeremy Russell and that Duncan had been managing the issue of inappropriate messages between Russell and the student.

The incident and subsequent events were investigated by Constable Haertsch and Senior Constable Rasmussen who after interviewing only Lyn Duncan decided that nothing had happened. Duncan then contacted Detective Fred Hennessy who gave her the email address of the whistleblower who made the complaint to EPAC, once again showing the complete disregard for confidentiality in the local Police.

Once again, Carenne failed to follow proper protocol and procedure. Duncan should have reported the allegation to EPAC as soon as it became aware of it, but instead chose to deal with a serious sexual allegation locally in order to cover it up.

Jeremy Russell: Why is he not in jail?

It is well known that Jeremy Russell no longer works at Carenne because of an incident involving a 14 year-old girl which he was attempting to groom for sex on the Internet website Facebook. According to sources at Carenne and Simone Russell herself, Jeremy got away with it because he was "set up".

People who read the numerous Carenne blogs would know from the Inside Carenne Blog that the profile Jeremy was using to groom this young girl remains the profile he uses to this day. Of course the Police have done nothing about it because the investigation was interfered with by corrupt policeman Scott Russell.

The department received a copy of the messages from a person claiming to be the underage girl's father, which were used to revoke his authority to be a bus escort.

Jeremy well aware of the girl's age according to these messages:
JR: lol yeah . . . So your turnin 16 soon . . . Thats not bad at all
Girl: nah 15 soon babe
JR: oh yeah . . . Thats alright. . . . Doesnt bother me at all

Jeremy then gave the girl his mobile phone number: "If u wanna txt me u on my number is 04213X2413"

In the tradition of his family, Jeremy said he would buy the girl alcohol:
Girl: how did u know im a vodka chick? sorry I went b4 my phone went
flat. so u would buy me booze ay?
JR: oh i duno i guess id seewhow lucky u were lol
Girl: oh really, how lucky could i get?
JR: i duno but its lookin pretty high at the moment

On another occasion, Jeremy promised to buy the girl Vodka while he drank beer:
JR: ill buy u vodka ill drink beer

The girl was then told that Jeremy would do "terrible things" to her:
Girl: not yet. oh so what would you do about it if you could?
JR: haha . . . I would do terrible things
Girl: i mite like though :)
JR: lol theres only one way to find out

Jeremy confidently told the girl that there was nothing her father could do if he told anyone:
Girl: what if he tells who you work for or the police. oh babe, i need cuddles
JR: whats he goin to say? Nothin he can say will do anything . . Where not goin out so there is nothin he can do
Girl: u dont want to go out but you would have fun with me? thats not nice
JR: i didnt say that . . . But what would ur dad think . . . I would go out with u aswell so dnt think i wouldnt

When the discussion turned to sending photos to the girl, Jeremy attempted to procure her for child pornography, he said he would send her anything she wanted as long as she sent the same back. He also told the girl that she shouldn't tell her parents about the relationship for a while.

On March 13 2009, Jeremy again asked the girl for naked photos:
JR: i was just lookin at ur photoswand u are fuckin hot and have a very nice body. . . U will definately have to show me it lol or send me some pics
Girl: ooooh u want me to show u my body. thats hot babe :) ill show you mine if you show me yours.
JR: haha u wanna see my fat
JR: haha y dnt u see it in person

On March 16 2009, Jeremy offered the 14 year-old sex:
JR: i have a brand new bed which needs breaking in . . Interested?
Girl: hell yes. id love 2 break it in
JR: so wen do i get to meet u
Girl: i dunno. hows that bed
JR: awesome its worth 1800buckr and 1300 is just the mattress
Girl: nice
JR: yeah lol
Girl: so ur job pays good
JR: Oh yeah . . Its not bad money . . .
Girl: sweet
JR: yeah wat u doin?
Girl: nuffin aye
JR: lol the same as me . . Im fuckin bored
Girl: me too. its fucked up
JR: Ill fuck the shit out of u if u want lol

This is the sort of person that Simone Russell, a SLSO at Carenne and Insp Scott Russell have protected. How can Simone possibly remain at Carenne when she covered up this level of filth?

The lies about Jeremy

From Inside Carenne

I have just read the rubbish on the Carenne Gate blog about how the Russells claimed that someone made a fake profile of Jeremy and its absolute bullshit! If you go to the girl's facebook page you can see postings from "Jeremy Superbad Russell" which links to his current profile that he uses.

It can't be too fake. It looks like Sgt Russell and his wife lied to cover up for a pedophile!

Another attack on a whistleblower

The vehicle of Carenne Special School whistleblower, Jenny O'Neill has been attacked. Violence against Carenne whistleblowers is nothing new with Brian Carter's car being attacked and the attempted carjacking of Mr Carter by Carenne Support director Geoff Salmon.

Threats against whistleblowers have also been made by Michael Auld, Lee Churches, Christine Porter, Simone Russell, Jeremy Russell, Geoff Salmon and Paul Knight.

The attack on Mrs O'Neill's vehicle shows how desperate those at Carenne are getting and the low tactics they will use to silence anyone who speaks out.

Why Simone Russell gets special treatment on worker's comp

From Inside Carenne

Over the years, Simone Russell has supposedly made many worker's comp claims for things which have nothing to do with her job. She tried to get workers comp when her step-son was being investigated by the police for trying to get on with a 14 year-old, when she had pneumonia and when Scott was under investigation.

Why is Simone allowed to get away with this?

Simone thinks it is a big joke that the corrupt SSO, Jeanette Crawford is a friend of hers as her daughter Chloe is friends with Simone's step-daughter and was in a sexual relationship with Jeremy when she was underaged. That's why she gets special treatment.

Parent claims Terry Mahony misled special transport over escort

A parent has come forward and claimed that she was asked to sign a pre-written letter in 2008 telling the special transport branch of the education department that she would be happy for Jeremy Russell to be the escort on the bus that her child took to school. The parent claims that Mr Russell had been the escort on the bus for sometime and she was puzzled as to why she would need to sign this.

With the letter was a covering letter explaining that Mr Russell had been trialled on the bus and that if they were happy for him to be the usual escort to sign the attached letter. The attached letter said they had seen him work with Carenne students and made no mention of this trial period.

The parent claims that she was asked to sign a document which was intended to mislead the transport branch.