When Phillip Burns was confronted by Department of Internal Affairs officials about accessing child pornography, he was unrepentant. Burns appeared before the Dunedin District Court this morning charged with seven counts of possessing an objectionable publication. The court heard forensic analysis of Burns' computer showed he had been accessing child pornography since 2012 and just days after he had been caught, he began searching again. In December 2015, Burns uploaded five images to his email through a Google account. Burns' search triggered an alert at the United States' National Center for Missing and Exploited Children which contacted the DIA in New Zealand.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 30, 2017 22:07 UTC