Overview
- Gulson, sentenced Friday in Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court, received a recorded conviction, a three-year Community Correction Order with 400 hours of community service, and an eight-year listing on the NSW Child Protection Register.
- The court found he knew he was talking to a 15-year-old during a 90-minute Grindr exchange in August 2024, sent explicit messages, and discussed meeting, though no meet-up occurred.
- Judge Hugh Donnelly said Gulson had a sexual interest in children, gave little weight to the defence psychologist’s opinion, and assessed his reoffending risk as above average.
- The profile that messaged him was a decoy created by teenagers to “catch pedos”, yet the judge said that subterfuge did not excuse exposing a child to adult sexual conduct.
- He no longer works at Knox Grammar and has lost his teaching accreditation, and he has filed an appeal.