Ex-Alice Springs school principal spared jail for assaulting Indigenous students

Gavin Morris, a former NRL referee and school principal in Alice Springs, has been sentenced for assaulting Indigenous students. He was found guilty of four counts of aggravated assault for actions including putting students in choke holds and twisting their ears. Morris received an 18-month prison sentence, fully suspended for two years, contingent on good behavior. The sentence was delivered on Thursday, following the determination that Morris abused his position of trust as a school principal. The assaults involved physical abuse inflicted upon Indigenous students under his care.