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Government employee found guilty of possessing mosque shooting videos
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RNZ / Nate McKinnon
A government employee has been found guilty of possessing live stream videos from the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings.
The man appeared before Judge David Robinson for a judge alone trial in the Dunedin District Court on Monday, charged with possessing an objectionable publication.
He has interim suppression of his name and occupation.
The man argued that he had the videos for work purposes but did not believe they had saved on his personal phone.
Today, Judge Robinson said the man's explanations were unconvincing and it was entirely implausible that he was unaware that they were objectionable.
He said the charge was proven beyond reasonable doubt.
No conviction was entered.
