A teacher facing four indecent assault charges and one charge of intentionally impeding normal breathing by applying pressure to the throat will continue to have their identity suppressed until trial, despite the complainant indicating they did not oppose publication of the defendant’s name.
State-funded media reported that during a hearing in the Wellington District Court on Thursday, the judge ruled suppression should remain in place until the case is heard in October, citing the risk of extreme hardship and the likelihood the accused would be unable to secure teaching work if publicly identified, even if ultimately acquitted.
The defendant has pleaded not guilty to all charges, which relate to alleged incidents between mid-December 2024 and late February 2025. The accused is no longer employed as a teacher.
Name suppression to remain in place’ = a protected Old Boy / Freemason…?
That’s a long bow to draw. Don’t see to many teachers who are Freemasons.
I am a firm believer name suppression is a must for men until they are found guilty. Why does this matter and what can go wrong. Male suicide makes up nearly 3/4 of all suicide in NZ. In Australia they are dealing with 7 male suicides each day. That doesn’t matter as much until one of those men was your son, brother or dad.
Australian senator Pauline Hanson is taking an axe to the systerm. She has gained popularity and may be the next Prime Minister.
There are guilty men. Let the guilty ones be imprisoned and the not guilty ones carry on with thier lives .
The problem people have with name suppression is that it is always wantonly abused by the corrupt to protect the politically well-connected and all those “new kiwis” turning our country into the places they just flew in from.
Protecting innocent men is one thing, state-sanctioned corruption and censorship is quite another. There is no western government on this earth right now who has earned the benefit of the doubt.
I would go further. If not guilty, automatic full compensation for legal fees and emotional harm. Plus a trial for the person who laid the complaint.