Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 3, 2010 8:33:23 GMT 12
Airman gets detention, job at risk over porn
by Court reporter | 2nd December 2010
Ohakea airman David John Gilmour was told his behaviour was unacceptable when he was sentenced on pornography charges yesterday.
Gilmour, 41, also faces an uncertain future in the New Zealand Air Force. He was yesterday sentenced to six months' home detention on 12 charges of possessing pornographic images and two charges of making intimate visual recordings between July 1, 2007 and May 1, 2009.
In the Wanganui District Court yesterday, Judge John Clapham told Gilmour his behaviour as a serviceman had been unacceptable.
Details of the offending and the circumstances that prompted the charges were not made available in court yesterday.
The Chronicle was unable to get additional information about the charges from the court or police prosecutions.
Gilmour's former superior officer was in court and said that the airman's retention in the Air Force was now under review.
Lawyer Roger Crowley was to have acted for Gilmour but legal process hadn't been completed in time for yesterday's sentencing, so Mr Crowley withdrew as counsel.
Judge Clapham said a pre-sentence report showed Gilmour had pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity and was seeking help to stop him from offending again.
The judge ordered Gilmour's access to the internet be monitored and that if he did want to go online he would need permission from probation.
by Court reporter | 2nd December 2010
Ohakea airman David John Gilmour was told his behaviour was unacceptable when he was sentenced on pornography charges yesterday.
Gilmour, 41, also faces an uncertain future in the New Zealand Air Force. He was yesterday sentenced to six months' home detention on 12 charges of possessing pornographic images and two charges of making intimate visual recordings between July 1, 2007 and May 1, 2009.
In the Wanganui District Court yesterday, Judge John Clapham told Gilmour his behaviour as a serviceman had been unacceptable.
Details of the offending and the circumstances that prompted the charges were not made available in court yesterday.
The Chronicle was unable to get additional information about the charges from the court or police prosecutions.
Gilmour's former superior officer was in court and said that the airman's retention in the Air Force was now under review.
Lawyer Roger Crowley was to have acted for Gilmour but legal process hadn't been completed in time for yesterday's sentencing, so Mr Crowley withdrew as counsel.
Judge Clapham said a pre-sentence report showed Gilmour had pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity and was seeking help to stop him from offending again.
The judge ordered Gilmour's access to the internet be monitored and that if he did want to go online he would need permission from probation.
