The Star: September 08, 2016

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Paedophile jailed for five years
• By Kurt Bayer
A CHRISTCHURCH
paedophile who paid an
Auckland woman $300 to send
him a video of her sexually
violating a one-year-old child
has today been jailed for five
years.
Matthew Garland Kelly, 22,
was jailed for the horrific online
offending at the district court
yesterday.
Kelly’s crimes came to the attention
of police after a woman
read his Facebook chats.
Police went to his Christchurch
home two days later, on
May 9 last year, and seized a
number of computers and cellphones.
The police electronic crime
lab found a large number of
disturbing images, videos and
online conversations.
They also found Facebook
chats with a woman where Kelly
posted a number of images of
young children and babies and
described in details the sexual
acts he was going to perform on
them.
In August 2014, he contacted
24-year-old Auckland woman
Krystal Harvey.
Kelly asked Harvey to send
him photos of children wearing
nappies and also ones where
they were naked.
He then encouraged her to
make a video of her performing
a sex act on a one-year-old child.
Harvey initially stated that she
wouldn’t do that, but claimed
that Kelly threatened her if she
didn’t do what he wanted.
But she later admitted sending
the video to Kelly for monetary
gain. He paid her $300.
Kelly’s offending was planned
and premeditated, Judge Paul
Kellar said yesterday.
The judge said that Kelly
had arranged and encouraged
Harvey to commit the offence,
record it, and send him the
footage.
“She should, and could, have
said no,” Judge Kellar said.
“But the offending would
never have occurred if you
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Judge Kellar noted that infants
are the most helpless members
of society.
Kelly was also found with
images of naked young girls in
sexual poses, and other photos
and videos, where children were
involved in sexual acts with
adults.
There was also a video of a
woman performing an oral sex
act on a dalmatian dog.
In February 2014, he contacted
two other women online
and offered money to have time
alone with their young daughters,
both aged under five. Kelly
described in detail the sex acts
he wanted to do on her.
Kelly was found with about 70
images he had taken of himself
wearing only a nappy, as well as
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eight images of animals involved
in sexual acts with children and
adults.
When questioned by police,
Kelly tried to blame another
man.
Defence counsel Andrew
Bailey said Kelly is now aware
of the seriousness of his crimes
and the harm he has caused.
He described Kelly as being
“younger than his years” and
was immature.
Kelly earlier pleaded guilty
to 16 charges, including one of
sexual violation by unlawful
sexual connection, five of making
an objectionable publication,
and 10 of possession of an objectionable
publication.
Harvey was sentenced at
Manukau District Court earlier
this year to eight months’ home
detention and 100 hours of community
work.
But the Crown appealed the
sentence and a jail term of three
years and nine months was later
imposed at the High Court.
Judge Kellar noted that Kelly
himself had been abused as a
child, and that he had been aged
19-20 around the time of the
offending.
As he jailed him for five years,
members of the public gallery
sobbed and hugged each other.
Food market
plan for city
• By Bridget Rutherford
DEVELOPER Richard Peebles
is looking to by a block of
central city land to turn into an
International-style fresh food
market.
Mr Peebles (left)
wants to develop an
indoor food market,
and has been
looking at several
sites for it.
The Star understands
he is in negotiations with
Otakaro Ltd to buy the land the
current Re:Start Mall is on for the
development.
Re:Start, which was opened
in following the February 2011
earthquake and sits on Cashel St,
was due to wind up at the beginning
of next year.
Mr Peebles said the food market
plan was “sensitive” and he did
not want to comment on what site
he was looking at.
“I’m looking for a site for a covered,
seven day a week fresh food
market,” he said.
Mr Peebles is also
developing the $50 million
McKenzie & Willis building on
High St.
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