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RNZ News
2 hours ago
- RNZ News
Corporal Manu Smith guilty of taking intimate images of a woman without consent
Corporal Manu Smith of the Royal New Zealand Infantry appears for the Court Martial proceeding held at the Burnham Military Camp to face three charges of making intimate visual recordings. Photo: Pool / Stuff / Kai Schwoerer A soldier has been found guilty of taking intimate images of a woman without consent. Corporal Manu Smith was facing a court martial on one count of making intimate visual recordings. The three-person military panel found Corporal Smith guilty of taking images of the woman without her knowledge or consent. Corporal Smith was facing three counts under the Armed Forces Discipline Act, but on Tuesday morning Justice Tom Gilbert advised the military panel he had granted the defence's request to drop two of the charges . The two charges were dismissed for legal reasons, because in light of the evidence he ruled that a properly directed panel could not reasonably convict on those charges. Corporal Smith earlier said the pair had talked about boundaries and they had discussed filming sexual encounters - and said if she had asked him to stop, he would have. The hearing, at Burnham Military Camp, was earlier told Corporal Smith laughed about the accusations when he was confronted . Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero, a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
BreakingNews.ie
8 hours ago
- BreakingNews.ie
Teenager (18) posted intimate images of girl (15) on Snapchat, court told
A Clare teenager, just turned 18, posted a collage of intimate images of a 15-year-old girl onto his Snapchat stories in a Coco's Law prosecution, a court has heard. In the case before Kilrush District Court on Tuesday, the accused – now aged 20 – appeared in connection with three alleged offences over the posting of the intimate images in November 2022. Advertisement Judge Alec Gabbett said the case comes under Coco's Law, formally known as the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020, which criminalises the non-consensual distribution of intimate images. In the case, the accused is charged with publishing or distributing an intimate image of the female without her consent with the intention to cause her harm contrary to Section 2(1) and (3) of the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2001. As the female teenager was a minor at the time of the alleged offence, the man is also facing two charges under the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act. The man is accused of knowingly having in his possession child pornography, the image of the female aged under 17 which, the charge says, depicts her genitals on November 15th, 2022. Advertisement The man – accompanied to court by his mother and a sister – is also charged with producing child pornography for the purpose of distribution, publication, exportation, sale or show contrary to Section 5(1) of the Child Trafficking Act and Pornography Act, 1998. In court, Garda Nadine Keane said it will be alleged that the accused had in his possession a collage of four intimate images of the female on November 15th, 2022, and posted them to his online Snapchat stories on the same date. Garda Keane said one of the images depicting the girl's genitalia was a Category Two image as categorised under the Child Trafficking Act and Pornography Act. Judge Gabbett said that Category One would be regarded as the most serious followed by Category Two. Advertisement Garda Keane said the images were left online for a number of hours before they were taken down by the man who allegedly posted them. She said the female – who turned 18 earlier this year – made a statement of complaint to gardaí and was interviewed by specialist Garda interviewers. Garda Keane said the case was investigated by the Clare Division Protective Services Unit based at Crusheen. She said that when charged at Kilrush Garda Station on May 29th, the accused made no reply after caution. The garda said the Director of Public Prosecutions has directed that the case be heard in the district court on a plea of guilty only. Advertisement After hearing an outline of the facts, Judge Gabbett said he was declining district court jurisdiction and the case will now be transferred to the circuit court where more serious penalties apply on conviction. Ireland Man (39) jailed for sending sexual photos to more... Read More The judge said he was declining jurisdiction due to the seriousness of the alleged offences, the categorisation of the images and that the case warrants consideration by the circuit court taking into account the impact on the alleged injured party. Judge Gabbett said that if the accused was aged under 18 at the time, he would have kept the case in the district court. In the district court, penalties for the Coco's Law offence can be up to one year on prison on conviction and Sgt John Burke said that before the circuit court, a 14-year prison term can apply on conviction. Judge Gabbett remanded the man on continuing bail to appear at Kilrush District Court to July 15th. The judge imposed reporting restrictions on the identity of the accused and the injured party due to the age of the injured party at the time of the alleged offences.
CTV News
7 days ago
- General
- CTV News
Quebec law that helps victims of intimate image sharing remove photos now in effect
The iris scanner, centre, and camera lens, right, are shown on the back of a smartphone, Monday, April 17, 2017, in New York. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Mark Lennihan MONTREAL — A Quebec law is coming into force, giving people new tools to obtain a court order to remove intimate images posted online. Under the Criminal Code, publishing, texting or sharing intimate images of someone without their consent is a crime. But for most victims, this does not always mean unlawfully shared images will get removed quickly. The new Quebec law allows victims to fill out a form online or at a courthouse and obtain an order from a judge requiring the images or footage to be removed. Failure to comply comes with stiff penalties — with fines up to $50,000 per day for a first offence or 18 months in jail. Quebec is the second province after British Columbia to pass legislation protecting victims of non-consensual image sharing. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 4, 2025.
CTV News
7 days ago
- General
- CTV News
Quebec law that helps victims of intimate image sharing remove photos now in effect
The iris scanner, centre, and camera lens, right, are shown on the back of a smartphone, Monday, April 17, 2017, in New York. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Mark Lennihan MONTREAL — A Quebec law is coming into force, giving people new tools to obtain a court order to remove intimate images posted online. Under the Criminal Code, publishing, texting or sharing intimate images of someone without their consent is a crime. But for most victims, this does not always mean unlawfully shared images will get removed quickly. The new Quebec law allows victims to fill out a form online or at a courthouse and obtain an order from a judge requiring the images or footage to be removed. Failure to comply comes with stiff penalties — with fines up to $50,000 per day for a first offence or 18 months in jail. Quebec is the second province after British Columbia to pass legislation protecting victims of non-consensual image sharing. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 4, 2025.
CTV News
28-05-2025
- General
- CTV News
Sexualized image isn't ‘intimate' if it's already been shared publicly, B.C. tribunal finds
A woman seeking compensation for the non-consensual sharing of intimate images has had her case dismissed by a B.C tribunal which found she had no 'reasonable expectation of privacy.' The woman, referred to as 'AQ' was seeking $5,000 in damages, which is the limit available through the Civil Resolution Tribunal. The respondent, referred to as 'BV,' did not deny sharing the image of AQ in a blog post. No details about the image in question are provided, but tribunal vice-chair Eric Regehr found it 'clearly' met some of the criteria of an intimate image, as outlined in the province's Intimate Images Protection Act. Namely, he said it showed 'AQ engaging in a sexual act, nude or nearly nude, or exposing her genitals, anal region, or breasts.' But the legislation's definition of an intimate image is two-fold, Regehr's decision noted. The second part of the test is whether someone 'had a reasonable expectation of privacy at the time the images were recorded, and also when they were shared.' The case was complicated by the fact that AQ had shared the image herself on a 'major social networking site,' according to Regehr. 'AQ said this post was inadvertent, but I did not accept that evidence. I found that the post was intentional,' the decision said. Finding AQ had published the image, the tribunal had to weigh whether there was a reasonable expectation of privacy in the case. AQ argued the harmful impact of the image's sharing ought to be considered and that 'she is the subject of often vicious online harassment from multiple people, including BV, who frequently use the image as part of offensive posts,' according to the decision. Regehr acknowledged that one of the purposes of the legislation is 'to promote individual autonomy over their intimate images with a view to reducing harm.' But he also found an image does not meet the legal threshold of being 'intimate' if there is no reasonable expectation of privacy. 'I find that a reasonable person understands that by posting something broadly on the internet, such as in a publicly viewable social media post, they have functionally lost all control over it. They have offered it for the entire world to see,' he wrote. 'This is an action inconsistent with reasonably expecting privacy in the image in the future. I find that by posting an image in a public online place, an individual forfeits any reasonable expectation of privacy over that image. It does not matter how graphic the image is, how much they later regret posting it, or how upsetting it is to see it resurface.' AQ's complaint was dismissed on those grounds. The tribunal also considered an allegation about a second explicit image, but found no evidence it was shared by BV. A counterclaim from BV, alleging AQ shared a nude photo of them on social media, was also dismissed, with the tribunal finding insufficient evidence that AQ was the one behind the anonymous social media account that shared it. The province introduced the IIPA in 2023, the Civil Resolution Tribunal the jurisdiction to address these types of claims to provide an alternative to the more difficult, lengthy and potentially costly options of trying to pursue redress through criminal or civil court.
