A top Queensland water polo coach and former teacher at a prestigious Sunshine Coast private school has pleaded guilty to almost 20 charges, including 14 counts of indecent treatment of a child under 16.
Other charges included possession of child exploitation material, and grooming a child under 16 years old for sex.Carelse was first arrested in March last year after detectives from the region's Child Protection Investigation Unit raided his home in Mooloolaba and seized several items.Dean Carelse, bottom left, also coached water polo sides during a stint as a teacher in South Africa.
Carelse was highly regarded in the Queensland water polo world and had previously worked as a teacher and coach for a prestigious Sunshine Coast school.He has also coached through Water Polo Queensland.A day after his arrest, he was suspended from his job at Water Polo Queensland by then-chief executive Melanie Woosnam "because he has been charged with serious criminal offences".
"This is now a matter for Queensland Police and part of an ongoing investigation," she wrote on the group's website, in a now-deleted post.
Pull his plug and let him sink!!
I know all those boys in the picture! Not a very good blurring job!