Businessman Sir Ron Brierley has pleaded guilty to possession of child sexual abuse material when appearing at a court in Sydney this morning. It led to Australian Border Force officers intercepting Brierley as he prepared to board a flight to Fiji from Sydney. A search carried out at the airport, and at his mansion in the exclusive Point Piper suburb, led to 17 charges of possession of child sexual abuse material. Brierley had earlier indicated through his lawyer that he would plead not guilty, but changed tack today. By the 1980s, Brierley's business had extended beyond New Zealand to Australia, and then on a global footing through the 1990s and onwards.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 31, 2021 23:15 UTC