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A 36-year-old man who admitted having 9000 pornographic pictures of children on his computer was initially refused name suppression when he appeared in the Christchurch District Court yesterday.
Judge John Bisphan said the public had a right to know who was viewing objectionable pictures, and he saw no reason to keep the unemployed man's name secret, even temporarily.
Defence lawyer James Rapley sought interim name suppression for the man and, when his request was refused, said he would lodge an appeal in the High Court.
Judge Bisphan granted suppression until Tuesday to allow the appeal to be heard.
The man pleaded guilty to 15 charges of possessing objectionable computer images.
Police prosecutor Sergeant Jeff Kay said the man's offending had been detected through a German police investigation targeting internet sites depicting objectionable material.
German police inquiries with internet providers in New Zealand found that on July 25 last year a person using a computer at the man's Christchurch address had accessed part of a series of images they were investigating.
Police seized two computers from the man's St Albans home.
Judge Bisphan remanded the man on bail until August 24, when he will be sentenced.
- NZPA
