Video / NZ Herald / APWARNING: Distressing contentA recidivist sex offender likened child abuse material to “alcohol for alcoholics” after police found his phone full of objectionable material in a hollowed-out bible. With prior convictions for raping a child, Gray was placed under the scrutiny of authorities for 10 years when he was issued with an extended supervision order in January 2018. Police found 452 images and 188 videos depicting varying degrees of child exploitation on the devices. Zacariha Gray, pictured in the Dunedin District Court in 2022, was jailed for more than three years last week over more charges of possessing child exploitation material. Last week, Judge Turner received an apology letter from the defendant, who expressed a desire to be rehabilitated.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 12, 2024 13:04 UTC