Yesterday, Judge Hermann Retzlaff found the defendant guilty of one charge and cleared him of the other. He found that the defendant was aware of the protection order, and the complainant gave credible evidence about the incidents. The court heard the married man had met the woman through work in 2020 before they started a long-distance affair the following year. Judge Retzlaff found the defendant guilty on the second charge of breaching a protection order. At a trial in August, the man was also found guilty of possessing an objectionable publication — footage of the Christchurch mosque shootings.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 27, 2026 02:15 UTC