Sensible Sentencing Trust founder Garth McVicar (File)
The
Sensible Sentencing Trust is unsurprised by a judicial decision which
prohibits the interim naming of a convicted paedophile.
The Director of Human Rights Proceedings took the Trust to the Human Rights Tribunal earlier this month over confusion regarding name suppression for the man.
Rodger Haines QC was asked to determine whether
interim name suppression should be granted until the actual hearing of
an alleged breach of privacy which could be later this year.
Mr Haines reserved judgement after the hearing and released a written decision this week making the ruling.
The trust's lawyer David Garrett argued the man,
convicted of multiple historic sex charges against children, never
received final name suppression when he was sentenced in Christchurch in
1995.
The trust had published the man's name on their website several times after they were given the man's internal police file.
Trust
founder and chairman Garth McVicar says they have no intention of
breaching the ruling, but are gearing up for what he calls a "David and
Goliath battle" over the alleged privacy breach.
"We always thought the interim decision would go this way", Mr McVicar says.
"We are always anxious to operate entirely within the law, and this situation is no different.”
The full hearing is expected to take place in August or September.
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