New Zealand Former Top Cop Charged over Child Porn, Bestiality Material
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND, AUG 3 – Jevon McSkimming faces eight charges over four years involving child sexual exploitation and bestiality material, with a maximum sentence of 10 years, police said.
- On Monday in Wellington District Court, former New Zealand Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming faced eight charges of possessing objectionable material, including child sexual exploitation and bestiality.
- Six months before his resignation in May, McSkimming was suspended amid investigations by the Independent Police Conduct Authority following a complaint.
- Official filings reveal the charge breakdown and penalties: eight counts, including four bestiality and three child sexual exploitation charges, each carrying a maximum 10 years’ imprisonment.
- The court remanded him on bail without plea, and he will reappear before Judge Tim Black in November.
- After the suppression order lapsed on Monday, Justice Karen Grau declined to extend the interim injunction, and lawyer Letizea Ord confirmed no further application.
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Placed on bail, the 52-year-old former police officer is due to return to court in November.
A former Deputy Chief of the New Zealand Police was charged for possession of pedocriminal and zoophile content, which was learned on Monday after his anonymity was lifted. ...
Former NZ top cop Jevon McSkimming charged over child abuse, bestiality material
WELLINGTON, Aug 4 — New Zealand’s former deputy police commissioner lost the right to anonymity today after he was charged with possessing child sexual exploitation and bestiality material.Jevon McSkimming was arrested in June and charged with eight counts of possessing objectionable material, but the courts had prevented media from reporting his name or other details of the case.Appearing in Wellington District Court on Monday, McSkimming opted…
Eight charges against McSkimming, including possessing child sexual exploitation material
Former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming leaves court in Wellington today. Photo: RNZ / Mark Papalii Report from RNZ by Sam Sherwood Former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming is facing eight charges of possessing objectionable publications including child sexual exploitation and bestiality material over a four-year period, it can now be revealed. The charges, which […]
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