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Teen pleads guilty to possessing mosque shoooting video

Published: Tue 13 Aug 2019 05:20 PM
A 17-year-old has pleaded guilty to possessing a copy of the video of the Christchurch mosque shootings.
Photo: RNZ / Dan Cook
The teenager, who has interim name suppression, entered his plea in the Thames District Court this afternoon.
The Chief Censor has classified the footage and a publication reportedly written by the man accused of the shootings as objectionable.
Knowingly possessing or sharing objectionable material carries a prison term of up to 14 years.
The 17-year-old was remanded on bail for sentencing at the end of next month.
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