An 18-year-old man has denied distributing an objectionable publication – a livestream of the murder of multiple victims at the Deans Ave mosque on March 15. (File photo)An 18-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to reposting the livestream of the Christchurch mosque shootings and material "inciting extreme violence". The teenager, who has been in custody since his arrest soon after the March 15 terrorist incident, has elected trial by jury on the two charges he faces in the Christchurch District Court. It alleges an offence under the Films, Videos, and Publications Classifications Act by distributing an objectionable publication – a livestream of the murder of multiple victims at the Deans Ave mosque. The other charge alleges an offence between March 8 and March 15, under the same Act, by making an objectionable publication showing a photograph of the mosque in Deans Ave with the message "Target Acquired" and further chat messaging around inciting extreme violence.

Source: Stuff April 08, 2019 03:00 UTC