Ron Brierley.
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Brierley had pleaded guilty last month to three charges of possessing child sex abuse material in the Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney, having been arrested at Sydney Airport in 2016.
The 83-year-old will no longer be allowed to use the title Sir and has been asked to return his insignia.
The corporate raider - as he s usually referred to - founded Brierley Investments, which was one of New Zealand s largest most successful and glamorous companies of the 1980s.
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Disgraced New Zealand businessman Ron Brierley has surrendered his knighthood after admitting to possessing child pornography, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's office said Tuesday.
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Ron Brierley leaving Forbes Chambers in central Sydney following an appearance in court in connections with his guilty plea for the possession of objectional material April 30, 2021.
Ron Brierley leaving Forbes Chambers in central Sydney following an appearance in court in connections with his guilty plea for the possession of objectional material April 30, 2021.
NZ Herald Ironically, of course, I m exactly the same person as I have always been. These were the words of Ron Brierley - no knighthood now - just three months after his arrest for possession of child
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Disgraced Wellington businessman Ron Brierley has given up his knighthood after pleading guilty last month to possessing child sex abuse material.
The forfeiture comes after the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern started moves to strip him of the title and honour.
Brierley had pleaded guilty in the Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney last month to three charges of possessing child sex abuse material, having been arrested at Sydney Airport.
The 83-year-old will no longer be allowed to use the title “Sir” and has been asked to return his insignia.
The “corporate raider” – as he’s usually referred to – founded Brierley Investments, which was one of New Zealand’s largest most successful and glamorous companies of the 1980s. He was one of the best known New Zealanders of the 1980s and ’90s – never far from the headlines or a new business buy-up.
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