Phillips was convicted in 2012 of exposing himself to a woman outside The Warehouse in New Plymouth. In court, defence lawyer Nina Laird said Phillips, in his early 40s, waived his right to a pre-sentence report and requested a term of imprisonment. However, Laird, who acknowledged jail was the likely outcome, was worried about the mental health of Phillips. She asked that Phillips be remanded into custody for the purpose of a mental health assessment, despite him warning he would not cooperate with the report writer. Laird had spoken with a forensic health nurse and submitted an assessment of Phillips would assist the court in its sentencing, canvassing possible post-release conditions such as whether he would benefit from a compulsory treatment order, which he has previously been subject to.
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Wednesday, 30 June 2021, 3:05 pm
A New Plymouth man has been sentenced to 3 years 9 months
after appearing in the New Plymouth District Court
yesterday, after pleading guilty to a number of counts of
possessing and distributing objectionable videos depicting
the sexual abuse and exploitation of children following an
investigation by Te Tari Taiwhenua, Department of Internal
Affairs (DIA).
David Geoffrey Abraham, 49, currently
in Wanganui Prison for unrelated offences, was charged after
child sexual abuse material was found on his laptop and
mobile device following a referral from the National Centre
for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).
Abraham
was found to be viewing and distributing material via a