1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,560 Speaker 1: So the mixed skimming sentence nine months home detention. He's 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:06,880 Speaker 1: already pleaded guilty as you knowed to possessing objectionable material. 3 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:10,959 Speaker 1: This includes best reality and child sex abuse images. Melissa 4 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:13,640 Speaker 1: Nightingale is with the Herald and Wellington was in court today. 5 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:17,480 Speaker 1: Melissa good evening, Hi, Ryan. How did the judge explain 6 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:20,240 Speaker 1: that a lot of people are upset with the length 7 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 1: of that sentence? How did the judge explain the length 8 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:25,240 Speaker 1: and the fact that he gets to serve it at home. 9 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, so the judge adopted a starting point of three 10 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:34,479 Speaker 2: years in prison. From there, he's given a bunch of discounts, 11 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 2: the biggest one being a twenty five percent discount for 12 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 2: an early guilty plea. We then had discounts for previous 13 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 2: good character, remorse and significant rehabilitative efforts such as twenty 14 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 2: five sessions with a faith based therapist, engagement with the 15 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 2: psychologist who specializes in sex offenders, things like that. So, 16 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 2: with all of those discounts combined, that brought it down 17 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 2: to a sentence of eighteen months in prison. Once the 18 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 2: sentence drops below, or drops to about two years prison 19 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:10,760 Speaker 2: all below, it's then available to potentially be switched over 20 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 2: to home detention, which he's chosen to do in this case. 21 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 2: Some of the factors were that, given that Mixed Skimming 22 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:22,760 Speaker 2: was a well known police officer, that prison would put 23 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:26,559 Speaker 2: him make him a prime target for extreme violence. So 24 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:30,320 Speaker 2: he's chosen to commute this to home detention. And when 25 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:33,039 Speaker 2: they do that, they have what would have been the 26 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 2: prison sentence because that factors in when someone would have 27 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 2: become available for parole. So that's gone from eighteen months 28 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 2: prison down to nine months home detention with six months 29 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:44,480 Speaker 2: post release conditions. 30 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 1: Goodness may more discounts than a Brisco's sale. What was 31 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 1: he like in court? What was his demeanor like in court? Melissa? 32 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 2: Much like his previous appearances, he was quite. He didn't 33 00:01:56,480 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 2: show much emotion, fairly bland. He sat in the dock 34 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 2: with his arms crossed and his head sort of cocked 35 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 2: it aside for much of the hearing. When the judge 36 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 2: began to explain his sentence, he had mixed gimmings. Stand up. 37 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 2: He stood there facing the judge, hands clasped in front 38 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 2: of him, fidgeting with his thumbs. But he was really 39 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:19,919 Speaker 2: He didn't show a lot of emotion, and this sentence 40 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 2: follows a sentencing indication. He already knew he wasn't going 41 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 2: to jail, so it wouldn't have come as a surprise 42 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:26,119 Speaker 2: to him. 43 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 1: What about the timing here, So we initially thought that 44 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:33,080 Speaker 1: there was a timeline about when he had looked at 45 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:35,640 Speaker 1: this stuff, but that's changed a little bit. What do 46 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:36,800 Speaker 1: we know? What do we learn today? 47 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 2: Well, his charges date back for about five years, but 48 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 2: it does say in the police summary of facts that 49 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:48,400 Speaker 2: that is just as far back as the online records go, 50 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 2: so that was as far back as they could pin 51 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 2: him on it. But he has said to a pre 52 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:57,119 Speaker 2: sentence report writer that he first began seeking out objectionable 53 00:02:57,160 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 2: material in twenty fifteen, so we know he's been trying 54 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:02,359 Speaker 2: to look for the stuff for about a decade, or 55 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 2: at least that's what he's told us. 56 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 1: Melissa appreciate that update. 57 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 2: Thank you. 58 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: Melissa Nightingale, who's with The Herald in Wellington and was 59 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 1: in court to date. For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive, 60 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 1: listen live to news talks. It'd be from four pm weekdays, 61 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:17,480 Speaker 1: or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.