Geelong Grammar School’s former live-in doctor has been committed to stand trial on a series of historic sex offences. David Brian Mackey, 84, fronted a committal hearing in Geelong Magistrates’ Court on allegations he indecently abused a girl and a woman during the 1970s. Magistrate Peter Mellas found there was enough evidence for 10 charges to proceed to a trial in the County Court, however five other charges were thrown out. Dr Mackey has pleaded not guilty to all charges. The Point Lonsdale man was the live-in doctor at Geelong Grammar’s Corio campus from 1964 until 1993. Before yesterday’s court hearing, he was already awaiting a County Court trial on dozens of separate indecent assault charges allegedly committed between 1968 and 1989. The alleged victims in those cases were students at Geelong Grammar during Dr Mackey’s tenure. It was not immediately clear whether the former GP will face separate trials. Dr Mackey will next appear in Melbourne County Court on January 24.
