A 96-year-old man from Vaucluse, innocent of the charge of indecent assault

He then told her that she should be loyal to her and not tell anyone. She soon left her job.

He also reportedly kissed the other 21-year-old woman on the lips of his home on Christmas Day last year.

Mr Kleinlehrer would have asked him to kiss her cheek and, when she "gave her consent" to a kiss, he would have seized it in the back of the head and refused to let her go.

The local Downing Center court has learned that the so-called "opportunistic" and "fleeting" indecent badault by his lawyer, Nancy Mikhaiel, would have occurred after "months" of questions about the woman's badual activity. .

Mr Kleinlehrer has been the subject of numerous tests, which revealed that he was suffering from dementia, with badociated side effects, including a loss of impulse control, a lack of inhibitions and a badually aggressive behavior.

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"It's not just that Mr. Kleinlehrer went to the doctor and administered a range of symptoms to him.It was tested as a result of his presentation and the doctor can say … in his understanding of where he is now. [that] It seems to have [a] neurocognitive disorder, "Magistrate Jacqueline Milledge told the court on Thursday.

"She [the doctor] I can not say at the time of this offense whether Mr Kleinlehrer was suffering from this form of dementia. In his account … it was very likely. She talks about her impulsiveness and her cognitive troubles. "

Kleinlehrer appeared in a wheelchair court Thursday, accompanied by his personal badistant and personal badistant, who is over 40 years old.

"Her normal caregivers are middle-aged women or older, and there have been no complaints," police prosecutor Sergeant Jamie Palmer told the court.

"But these two ladies were younger and untrained in the training field with someone who was suffering from such conditions." The prosecution would argue that Mr. Kleinlehrer may have had a disease affecting his cognitive abilities, but the psychiatrist can not rule out that it is a predatory act.

The former builder was named a member of the Order of Australia at this year's Australia Day awards and was recognized for his charitable work, including as a founding donor to the Emanuel School of Randwick and as a donor to Opera Australia, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and the Australian Ballet.

"In reality, at age 96, a person is degenerating, at which point he will remember his life and the atrocities he suffered during the Second World War and the loss of his family in the most extreme circumstances. atrocious, "Ms. Milledge said. recognizing that this decision was a "touch ball call" for her.

"There are enough documents weighing in favor of the accused," she said.

The court ruled that when Mr. Kleinlehrer went to the primary school for which he was a founding donor, he had to be accompanied by an "appropriate adult".