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New Zealand businessman jailed in Sydney for child abuse images

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His lawyers had argued against a prison sentence and said a community penalty would be appropriate.

Yeah. No.

Shame he escaped punishment until his twilight years.

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Good.

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as_the_crow_fliesToday  01:43 pm JST

Random crime news story in Australia, committed in New Zealand, and this is reported on Japan Today because ...?

Because Japan Today has a news section named "World" where it publishes world, i.e. outside Japan, news. You may not have noticed that.

He may have committed similar crimes in NZ but in this case the crimes were committed in Australia; something else you may not have noticed:

The convictions related to 40,000 images found on devices in his airport luggage and at his home in Sydney.

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Perv

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Wow, he is lucky he was not arrested in the US. There it would be a life sentence.

Dont know about life. He hasnt killed anyone. But he should have got the 10 years.

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There are loads of people nervous about dirt Epstein had on them. And Ghislaine Maxwell is still around. You only have to watch a recent PBS interview with Bill Gates when asked about Epstein. Looks very nervous.

PBS, is that msm or not? It’s getting so hard to follow who is in on the conspiracies, who is covering it up and who is blowing the lid off the whole thing.

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@Japan Violet

I heard this kind of thing is a big problem in New Zealand. So this is proof of that.

What complete and utter nonsense - this man’s disgusting acts are not proof of anything with regards to NZ in general.

Where exactly did you hear “that this kind of thin is a big problem in New Zealand”?

What I am pleased to see is that the authorities in Australia took it very seriously and prosecuted him. I am also glad the institutions he sponsored in NZ took it very seriously and dumped any association to him.

There are many other countries where a man as rich as he is could make it all go away rather too easily.

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You only have to watch a recent PBS interview with Bill Gates when asked about Epstein. Looks very nervous.

I imagine anyone is nervous being asked questions about Epstein. Bill Gates squirming is your exhibit A?

’Only have to watch it’ does not provide adequate evidence towards a supposed global blackmail plot over sex trafficking and child abuse in order to enforce lockdowns and vaccine mandates.

You see that don’t you? Don’t you? I suspect that you do.

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Does it matter? If someone from the msm asks the right questions and reports facts, then I don't have a problem with that. Your obsession with trying to trip up anyone you claim to be a conspiracy theory is getting more laughable by the minute.

I’m not trying to trip up anyone. You make it sound like a game of wits. It isn’t. It’s pointing out blatant mistruth, hypocrisy and idiocy.

Thank you for your contributions.

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14 months in prison

That's it?

Should've been 14 years.

Per picture.

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Businesswise this guy was the Warren Buffett of NZ. wonder how many knew of his dirty secret over the years? and enabled him, or did he keep it a well-kept secret from everyone? Feels odd not calling him "Sir Ron" anymore, some New Zealanders might not even know his family name, now he will forever be "Dirty old Ron". Perhaps he should donate most of his accumulated fortune to charity to try and make up for his abhorrent behaviour - Amnesty International would be a good start.

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There are plenty of wealthy people like Brierley who have some disturbing interests. Only have to look at the Epstein affair for a glimpse, and his alleged black book.

So when you think of all the rotten things like lockdowns, vaccine passports and police brutality going on right now, implemented by senior politicians like Boris Johnson, Macron, Daniel Andrews and the like, makes one wonder how many of them have skeletons in the closet that are being used as blackmail material to get them to do turn their states and countries into open prisons.

The frazzledrip thing didn’t pan out so now the big conspiracy is lockdowns are due to blackmail over child pornography?

I see. It ‘makes one wonder’ does it? Alright then.

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Japan Violet

I heard this kind of thing is a big problem in New Zealand. So this is proof of that.

Evidence of one is proof of being a big problem. So how do you define big?

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What is it that twists the minds of so many whose guiding principles are based on accumulating ever more wealth?

New research shows that upper-class people have less empathy than lower-class people

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psyched/201304/the-rich-are-differently-moral

It seems many individuals who idolize a person because they are rich, are compassion-free, They may give their money to their rich idol, but ignore and have disdain for those in need.

Fortunately some of the wealthiest, like Howard Hughes, JD Rockefeller, Henry Ford, Andrew Carnegie and Bill Gates have contributed huge sums to charitable organizations, perhaps primarily because they can get tax write-offs while also buying good PR by doing so.

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There are many other countries where a man as rich as he is could make it all go away rather too easily.

But he did make it all go away rather too easily, for many many years.

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Lots of rich old guys like this. Back when he was in his 20s and 30s, pedophilia was largely winked at, hard as that is to believe today. Those were his formative years. It wasn't until the 1980s that people started to take it even a little seriously. He was already in his 40s by that time.

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Australia is famous for Peter Scully.

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There are many other countries where a man as rich as he is could make it all go away rather too easily.

Agreed. In fact, it's so common I have to wonder why he wasn't able to make it go away.

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And just the other day Sir Ron was urging his fellow NZers to be good citizens and get the vaxx.

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There are plenty of wealthy people like Brierley who have some disturbing interests. Only have to look at the Epstein affair for a glimpse, and his alleged black book.

So when you think of all the rotten things like lockdowns, vaccine passports and police brutality going on right now, implemented by senior politicians like Boris Johnson, Macron, Daniel Andrews and the like, makes one wonder how many of them have skeletons in the closet that are being used as blackmail material to get them to do turn their states and countries into open prisons.

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The frazzledrip thing didn’t pan out so now the big conspiracy is lockdowns are due to blackmail over child pornography?

There are loads of people nervous about dirt Epstein had on them. And Ghislaine Maxwell is still around. You only have to watch a recent PBS interview with Bill Gates when asked about Epstein. Looks very nervous.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNAwUxZ5nfw

And Prince Andrew had to rely on his royal connections to keep him out of jail. Reputation is shot to help, though.

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I heard this kind of thing is a big problem in New Zealand. So this is proof of that.

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