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Computer repairer who stole clients’ photos jailed

Posted on March 26, 2010July 3, 2025 by Dissent

A Kapiti Coast (NZ) computer repairer who took innocent family pictures from the computers of clients for his own use has been jailed for 2 1/2 years.

Wellington District Court judge Bruce Davidson said yesterday there was a “disturbing and sinister complexion” to Ian Mead’s actions that made him recoil when shown samples by the Crown.

Mead, 47, now living in Havelock North, had pleaded guilty to 50 charges of having objectionable publications for supply or distribution, possessing objectionable material and accessing computers dishonestly.

Read more in the Dominion Post.

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