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The member of a wealthy New Zealand family found with graphic and sadistic child sexual abuse material is fighting to keep his identity a secret as Customs urges a judge to lift permanent suppression.
Last August, the man was sentenced to two years and five months’ imprisonment after he admitted knowingly importing and possessing objectionable publications. He was also placed on the Child Sex Offender’s Register.
Judge Maria Pecotic granted him and the family business permanent suppression because of his mental illness and other reasons that cannot be reported.
At the High Court at Auckland on Tuesday, Crown Law lawyer Matthew Davie, acting on behalf of Customs, made submissions to Justice Michael Arthur about how post-conviction name suppression “ought to be exceptional”.
