He then granted the 48-hour delay in lifting the order for the appeal to be filed. 'Public interest trumps private concern,' he said, refusing the suppression. Maximum penalties were five years' imprisonment or a fine of $50,000. 'The public may be interested but there is no interest in the publication of his name at this point,' said Mr Hembrow.Д«ut Judge Erber said all the images were distasteful and some involved young girls. The police Electronic Crime Laboratory then found the images. The man and his family approached police to try to find out who the hacker was, and surrendered his computer along with other family members' computers. The offending came to light when a hacker got into his Facebook account and began forwarding messages to his contacts.

The man had bought a programme to delete and 'clean' the images from his computer but it had evidently not worked. The offending had taken place over a short period and there was no suggestion of any publication or trading of the images. He was involved in several community organisations. The man had four children and a large number of grandchildren. His wife was innocent of any wrongdoing and also suffered ill-health. Mr Hembrow asked for name suppression because the grandfather was a first offender who had suffered ill-health for two or three years and had been hospitalised with pneumonia and a stomach ulcer. When interviewed by the police, the man said he was ashamed of his actions and blamed curiosity. Some images showed girls aged under 16 involved in posing or sex acts. Thousands of images of mainstream pornography were found, but the police say there were also 700 images of bestiality involving dogs and horses. The charges were laid after a search warrant was executed at the man's home and a laptop computer seized. The judge remanded the man on bail for sentence on April 15 and ordered a pre-sentence report to consider his suitability for home and community detention.

The recent case of a St JulianвЂ™s farmer saying a man had been sneaking into his farm and sleeping with his sheep shocked the nation however, the legal reality when it comes to dealing with bestiality in Malta may be even more shocking. Judge Erber said the suppression would lapse if the appeal papers were not filed in that time. Bestiality Is Not Illegal In Malta And We Need To Change That Immediately. Suppression was refused by Christchurch District Court Judge Stephen Erber when the 71-year-old retired engineer pleaded guilty today.Д«ut defence counsel Steve Hembrow asked for an extension of 48 hours so he could appeal to the High Court. A Christchurch grandfather is fighting to keep his name out of the media after admitting 20 charges of possessing illegal internet pornography, including bestiality pictures and videos.

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