Disgraced millionaire Ron Brierley gives up knighthood
Disgraced millionaire Ron Brierley gives up knighthood Tue, 4 May 2021, 1:54PM
Sir Ron Brierley out for a stroll in Sydney s Double Bay in December 2020. Photo / Liam Mendes
Disgraced millionaire Ron Brierley gives up knighthood
Disgraced millionaire Ron Brierley has surrendered his knighthood after admitting possessing child abuse images.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the move today, which follows Brierley pleading guilty to possessing child abuse images in Australia.
Ardern told reporters that if Brierley had not relinquished his honour she would have stripped him of it.
She said officials had begun this process, but after he was notified it was underway he decided to surrender the title.
Ron Brierley child abuse case: Disgraced millionaire surrenders knighthood
4 May, 2021 02:08 AM
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Sir Ron Brierley has pleaded guilty to possession of child sexual abuse material at a Sydney court hearing. Video / Liam Mendes
Sir Ron Brierley has pleaded guilty to possession of child sexual abuse material at a Sydney court hearing. Video / Liam Mendes
Disgraced millionaire Ron Brierley has surrendered his knighthood.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern this afternoon revealed that Brierley, who pleaded guilty to possession of child sexual abuse material, has relinquished his knighthood.
She said that if Brierley had not voluntarily relinquished the title, it would have been stripped from him.
New Zealander gives up knighthood after guilty pleas
NICK PERRY, Associated Press
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Ron Brierley leaves the Downing Centre District Court in Sydney, Australia, April 1, 2021. The well-known New Zealand businessman who was found with hundreds of child sex abuse images gave up his knighthood Tuesday, May 4, 2021, before it was stripped from him. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)Mick Tsikas/AP
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) A well-known New Zealand businessman who was found with hundreds of child sex abuse images gave up his knighthood Tuesday before it was stripped from him.
Ron Brierley last month pleaded guilty to three charges in an Australian court, sparking a rarely invoked procedure to strip him of the honor he received more than 30 years ago.
Wellington: A well-known New Zealand businessman who was found with hundreds of child sex abuse images gave up his knighthood Tuesday before it was stripped from him.
Ron Brierley last month pleaded guilty to three charges in an Australian court, sparking a rarely invoked procedure to strip him of the honour he received more than 30 years ago.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said her intention was to remove the title from Brierley if he hadn’t written first to relinquish it. Ardern said Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II had been informed, and that Brierley will no longer be able to use the honorific “Sir.”
updated: May 04 2021, 16:02 ist
Disgraced New Zealand businessman Ron Brierley has surrendered his knighthood after admitting to possessing child pornography, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern s office said Tuesday.
Ardern moved to strip Brierley of the honour last month after the Sydney-based octogenarian pleaded guilty to possessing images of child abuse.
But Ardern s office said he instead wrote to Queen Elizabeth II tendering his resignation as a knight. Ron Brierley may no longer use the title sir and he has been asked to return his insignia, a spokesman said in a statement.
Brierley, 83, was arrested at Sydney airport in December 2019, when police found large amounts of child pornography on his laptop and hard drives during a luggage search.