Gordon Stuckless facing new charges after more alleged victims come forward
Posted November 16, 2016 4:13 pm.
Last Updated November 17, 2016 1:25 pm.
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Infamous convicted sex offender Gordon Stuckless is facing a slew of new charges after three new complainants came forward alleging he abused them between 1978 and 1984.
Stuckless, who is currently serving a six-year sentence, was charged on Wednesday with 19 new counts. They include buggery, indecent assault on a male, gross indecency, sexual assault and threatening death.
In June, Stuckless was sentenced to six and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to 100 charges for abusing 18 vulnerable boys while he worked as a hockey coach and teacher decades ago. He also worked at Maple Leaf Gardens.
His sentence was reduced to six years after he was given credit for time served under house arrest.
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The Crown was seeking a 12-year sentence and is appealing the six year sentence.
CityNews has learned Stuckless was serving his sentence at Joyceville Institution in Kingston, but was recently moved to a detention centre in Toronto.
Stuckless’s lawyer Ari Goldkind said Wednesday that he and his client were reviewing the latest charges.
“It comes as little surprise that there are more charges,” he said in an email. “I was given that indication at his sentencing in the summer.”
Stuckless had also previously pleaded guilty in 1997 for sex assaults on 24 boys while he worked as an equipment manager at Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens between 1969 and 1988.
He apologized in court earlier this year, saying he betrayed his young victims’ trust and he alone should bear that shame.
Stuckless is scheduled to appear in a Toronto court on Thursday morning.
The charges are four counts of buggery, four counts of indecent assault of a male, six counts of gross indecency, three counts of sexual assault, and two counts of threatening death.
