New Zealand! Wife killer reveals why he abandoned 3yo daughter ‘Pumpkin’ overseas, Tauranga man Richard Wisnewski imprisoned for rape and violence against two women, 22-year-old woman charged with possession child exploitation material, Teen who killed a retired school teacher in Kaitāia is now 32 and must remain in prison, Man threatened woman with airgun before biting neighbour, Taranaki teacher who attempted to send teenage boys sexually explicit videos avoids jail, FBI enlists NZ police to investigate sexual abuse in secretive sect, Four plead not guilty to Napier murder of Boy Taylor 2025.2.1-2.27

ai Yin Xue murdered his wife in 2007 before abandoning his 3-year-old daughter “Pumpkin” in Melbourne. He then fled the US, but was deported to NZ soon after.
In 2009 he was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of 12 years.
Now he’s been denied parole for a sixth time with the board citing concerns about Xue’s truthfulness and lack of explanation for his actions.

A man who strangled his wife and left her body in the boot of the family car before abandoning his young daughter in a Melbourne train station and fleeing for America, has been denied parole for the sixth time.

During his hearing late yesterday Nai Yin Xue admitted he lost control when he suspected his wife An An Liu had been having an affair and that he had only been thinking of himself when he left their 3-year-old daughter Qian Xun alone in another country.

But his admissions weren’t enough to secure his freedom.

Xue has now been in prison for 17 years, including detainment in custody before his trial, for his wife’s murder in 2007.

The 27-year-old’s body was found in the boot of their car a few days after the police removed it from outside the couple’s home in Auckland. She died after being strangled with a tie.

Xue fled to Australia with their daughter, who was dubbed “Pumpkin” because of the Pumpkin Patch branded clothing she was wearing when she was found alone at a busy railway station.

Xue was eventually arrested in the US after a nationwide manhunt and deported to New Zealand in March 2008 to face murder charges.

He was caught in Atlanta, Georgia, by a group of residents who recognised his face, chased and caught him and tied him up until police arrived.

Xue had to be restrained by security guards after being found guilty at the High Court at Auckland in June 2009 and was sentenced the following month to life imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of 12 years.

He refused to confess to the murder until a parole hearing in 2020 when he finally expressed remorse.

‘Anger, jealously and hurt’
At yesterday’s hearing the board tested Xue’s truthfulness and his lack of explanation for why he murdered his wife.

Xue, wearing a grey T-shirt and flanked by prison and parole staff, barely raised his head as he answered the board’s questions, including that it remained difficult to understand why he had abandoned his daughter.

Xue said he was only thinking of himself.

He could offer little more than remorse for what had occurred, and how he had acted out of suspicion his wife had been having an affair and that he lost control.

He explained through an interpreter that back then, he became angry when there was conflict, and was unable to think clearly or stay calm.

He said negative feelings of anger, jealousy and hurt occurred because he had been unable to talk about his feelings.

A psychologist who treated Xue in 2020 said he “liked to be in control” and was something of a perfectionist.

He replied that was now in the past and after five years he was “happy to say” his way of thinking had changed.

Xue said if confronted with the same situation today, the murder “would not happen”.

He was asked if that meant the murder happened because he was not in control of the relationship and that things were not perfect.

Xue said he had learnt from the Bible that he needed to be honest.

The board noted his strong work ethic in prison and how he enjoyed working in the laundry, but they also voiced concern about his truthfulness.

They asked about a book he had written in prison called “I was not a Murderer”, to which Xue replied he was “lying at the time” and wrote it before he finally confessed his guilt in 2020.

The board, convened by Sir Ron Young, spent a short time reaching the decision not to grant him parole, based in part on the lack of approved accommodation.

It also found Xue’s explanation about the murder and the abandonment of his daughter “unusual and very worrying”.

He will remain in prison until at least December when the board will reconvene his matter.

Xue would continue with reintegrative testing opportunities, and for parole to be considered at the next hearing he will need to have confirmed accommodation.

A woman didn’t want her rapist to hurt anyone else so she went to police. While on bail, he raped again

Sarah Matthews* didn’t want anyone else to be hurt by Richard Wisnewski, so she went to the police and told them how he raped her and called her a “little bitch” as she cried out in pain and asked him to stop.

She also told them about other acts of violence, including that he’d rugby-tackled her and pulled out her hair, threatened to snap her neck, given her black eyes, and smothered her when she tried to call for help.

Wisnewski was charged, and released on bail. Then he went on to rape a second woman.

The second woman thought she was going to die during a four-hour ordeal where Wisnewski raped her twice in his deadbolted home.

“It broke me the day I found out he’d done the same thing to someone else,” Matthews told NZME. “I had tried to prevent it from happening, but once again I felt powerless.”

This week, however, the power shifted, as Wisnewski was sentenced at the Tauranga District Court to imprisonment for the “frankly horrific” harm he caused the two women. He was found guilty of 25 charges following a jury trial last year.

Matthews, in her victim impact statement, told the court that while it had been a while since the attack, the “pain and memories remain”.

“[They remind] me of the torture he put me through,” she said.

“Him screaming the words, ‘this is what you like isn’t it, being raped’, is a voice that comes back to me and sends a shiver down my spine.”

She was made to believe his abuse was her fault, and that she deserved “every blow” to her body.

She had spent years trying to heal and regain a sense of “peace and safety”.

She had gone to the police in the hope he would “learn his lesson” and “never hurt another woman again”.

“But that hope failed me,” she said.

‘I thought I was going to die’
The second woman’s ordeal occurred some time after the first victim had reported the offending to the police, and while the first matters were progressing through court.

Jane Hall* had been with Wisnewski and another person at his home, hanging out in his garage.

After the other person left, Wisnewski and Hall had an argument and she tried to leave, but he grabbed her and pushed her to the floor as she struggled to get away.

He covered her mouth and nose with his hands and pushed down.

She thought she was going to vomit at one point, but managed to break free and run, but Wisnewski caught up to her.

He pushed her face into the couch, before taking her into the main house.

Eventually, she saw a chance to escape when he was in the bathroom and made a dash for the door but found it was deadbolted. He caught her, and “rag-dolled” her on to the bed by grabbing her hair, where he covered her mouth and nose so she couldn’t breathe or call for help.

After several hours of trying to escape, Hall was cold and tired.

Then she was raped. Twice.

He also performed other sexual acts on her.

After the assaults were over, his demeanour changed and she said he became “nurturing”. Four hours after the assaults began, she was free to leave.

She went straight to the police station.

Speaking after the sentencing, Hall told NZME she spent the ordeal wondering how she was going to get away.

“I was so tired and suffocated, I thought I was going to die. I just stared at the wall while he raped me and I was just thinking about my children … all I could think about was my children and will I ever see them again,” she said.

In her victim impact statement read in court, Hall said she didn’t understand how Wisnewski could sleep knowing what he’d done to her.

“The day you decided to put your hands on me is the day you decided your own fate,” she said.

“You can try and blame others, and lie to people all you like, but I know you are an awful person with a switch inside you…”

She said he continued to lie, manipulate people, and seemed to have an “absolute disregard towards rehabilitating himself from [his] hideous behaviour”.

“I’ll never forget the pure evil look in your eyes as you put your hands repeatedly over my nose and mouth,” she said.

‘The public facade’
The Tauranga man denies all the offending and had several family members and supporters at his sentencing.

Some family members were shaking their heads, as was Wisnewski, as the details of the offending were read by the judge.

The 35-year-old appeared to hold a family photo as he sat in the dock, and his mother asked to address the court to read her own impact statement.

However, Judge David Cameron denied that request, stating the court had received enough material in support of Wisnewski.

The Crown had earlier referred to the many letters of support submitted on Wisnewski’s behalf.

“The letters highlight the sad reality of the fact that what someone does behind closed doors is very often different to the public facade they put on,” prosecutor Daniel Coulson said.

Judge Cameron referred to the “quite frankly horrific detail” of the impact on the victims.

“It is very considerable indeed and is lasting harm, and that is a significant factor which I take into account,” he said.

A pre-sentence report said Wisnewski was assessed as being at a medium risk of reoffending, and had no remorse for his victims, given his continued denials.

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The offending itself involved victim vulnerability, given Wisnewski was “bigger and stronger” than the victims.

Judge Cameron adopted an overall starting point of 12 years.

Wisnewski was given a 5% discount for a “tenuous” connection between his background, which included drug and alcohol consumption and learning challenges, and the offending.

There were no discounts for remorse; nor was there a discount for good character as Wisnewski had two previous assault convictions.

“Despite the various letters of support written on behalf of the defendant indicating he may be a person of otherwise good character, there will be no discount for his submitted good character. He committed serious violent and sexual offences against two victims … ” Judge Cameron said.

Wisnewski was given a two-month discount for the time spent on electronically monitored bail but a six-month uplift for the offending against Hall, which happened while he was on ordinary bail.

He received an end sentence of 11 years and six months imprisonment.

A statement from police said the officers in charge of the case, Detective Constables Shane McCarthy and Joel Potaka, were pleased to see Wisnewski held to account for his “horrific offending”.

“While this does not undo the trauma and pain his survivors experience through everyday life, we hope this result assists in their recovery and brings some solace to them and their families,” the statement said.

“We understand how hard it can be for victims of sexual assault to speak out and we would like to acknowledge the strength of these two survivors who reported the incidents to Police.”

*Names have been changed to protect their identities.

The FBI is sharing information about alleged sexual abuse within an underground religious group with New Zealand police as part of its global investigation.

Just over a year ago, the US agency took the unusual step of publicly asking victims to come forward, as it probed the religious group which has no official name but is commonly known as the Two by Twos.

“If you have information about this ongoing investigation or believe your child or other children may have been victimized by individuals affiliated with 2×2, the FBI requests you complete a short online questionnaire,” the FBI said.

Until then, little had been publicised about the group in New Zealand.

The Christian sect has no official name or buildings, is not registered as a charity, and its members meet in homes.

A hallmark of the sect is that its ministers are volunteers who travel in pairs and stay in members’ homes, relying on gifts or donations to meet their expenses.

This week, people who responded to the FBI’s request for information received an email from the New Zealand police.

“I am sending this email as you have taken part in the FBI’s enquiry into the religious group that is known by various names, including 2×2, The Way, The Truth and The Church with No Name,” the police said.

“The submissions made via the Tip line have been shared with Police Forces worldwide to assess potential follow-up actions regarding the reported offences.”

The email, from the police’s adult sexual assault team, then asked if the person would like to be contacted by police about their case and if they would like to be put in contact with a support agency.

The police confirmed they have recently contacted several people about alleged sexual offending connected to a sect.

“The purpose of making contact is to ensure anyone who may want to make a complaint has an appropriate avenue through which to do so, or so that any required support can be provided,” a police spokesperson said.

Last year, the sect’s New Zealand leader earlier confirmed police here were investigating at least one former minister for historical abuse, and the group was aware of 14 cases of allegations against members.

Police have since charged two men, separately, with multiple counts of historical sexual offending against young boys.

Kerikeri man William Stephen Easton pleaded guilty abusing six boys in repeated, premeditated offending while he was part of the sect.

He was sentenced to 13 years in prison at Kaikohe District Court in December last year.

The 80-year-old was a minister of the Two by Twos when the offending took place.

Another 80-year-old man who was also part of the sect faces a raft of sex crime charges spanning almost two decades.

He has pleaded not guilty and is next due to appear in Whangārei District Court on 13 February.

The group has about 2500 members and 60 ministers in New Zealand and cult-awareness experts said it has many markers of a cult.

Jillian Hishon grew up in the sect in Australia but left the religious group when she married someone who was not part of it.

She now runs a hotline set up for Australasian victims of the sect, under The Brave Truth Australia and NZ, after evidence of child abuse emerged out of the US last year.

Hishon said it has taken a high-profile FBI investigation overseas and multiple reports of child abuse in other countries for New Zealand victims to come forward to the hotline.

She said it is heartening to know the police are following up with those who responded to the FBI’s request for victims to come forward.

“It’s really important for them to have had this follow-up from the New Zealand police, from the FBI. First of all, it lets them know their enquiry has been heard, that it’s gone through to them and that they are taking it further.”

Hishon said it would be important for survivors to be supported, which is something the police have offered.

“When people have never been through the court system or made reports or anything like that before it’s a really daunting process.

“For someone to reach out and say we’re here to support you if you need that, we can just discuss it, I think that’s a really good thing,” she said.

“I would encourage any survivor to go straight to [the] police, to not necessarily deal with any leaders in the fellowship.

“There’s been massive breaches of confidentiality amongst leaders in Australia and New Zealand and it can make a real mess of things.”

A teacher who sent videos of himself masturbating to people he believed to be teenage boys turned himself in to the police after being caught by an ex-student.

He has now been given a good behaviour bond for the offending but his identity will never be publicly revealed after the court granted him permanent name suppression.

In New Plymouth District Court this week, Judge Gregory Hikaka accepted the Taranaki man was remorseful and had faced genuine consequences for his actions, such as losing his career as an educator and receiving a conviction.

According to the Teaching Council, his registration has been cancelled.

The man, who wiped away tears as he stood in the dock, was supported in court by his wife.

Police did not oppose the man’s application for permanent name suppression, and Judge Hikaka accepted publishing his name would create extreme hardship, the threshold for granting the application, for his children.

The man, who has not previously appeared before the court, pleaded guilty to a charge of “exposure of a young person to indecent material (attempt)”, which carries a maximum penalty of 18 months’ imprisonment.

According to the police summary of facts, the offending occurred on various occasions between July 2022 and July 2024 through the social media app Snapchat.

The man had published his Snapchat username on a website designed to match with others to engage in online sexual conduct.

After he friended a person, the man would have a general conversation with the unknown user, including them sharing their names, ages, and other details about themselves.

A “handful of times”, he engaged in conversations with people who advised they were under the age of 16. This included boys who told him they were 14 and 15.

Despite the man believing they were of that age, he continued to engage in sexually explicit conversation, sending images of his genitals and videos of himself masturbating.

He received similar content from the recipients of his images.

The man’s offending came to light when he unwittingly communicated and shared images with an ex-student who recognised him.

After being spoken to by a colleague, he went to the police station and reported his offending.

In court, Judge Hikaka acknowledged the man had accepted full responsibility.

“In fact, you went to the police. Had it not been for how you felt about the offending itself, this [the charge] would not have occurred.

“Your remorse is genuine, and the consequences are genuine – you’ve lost your job and the conviction is … no doubt that consequence will be something that will remain.”

The judge said the man had taken steps to address his offending and the police had no issue with the matter being dealt with by way of an order to come up for sentence if called upon, an outcome defence submitted was the least restrictive.

“That is the appropriate end sentence,” Judge Hikaka said, describing it as a “reminder”.

He convicted the man and ordered him to come up for a sentence if called upon within 12 months, meaning if he returned to court within that period, a sentence could be imposed for the earlier offending.

The order is often referred to as a suspended sentence or a good behaviour bond.

Four men charged with the murder of Napier street dweller Boy Taylor have pleaded not guilty and are heading for a trial next year.

Name suppression was lifted on Tuesday for three of the accused: Tuarima Issac Alexander, 21, Rua Waka Hune, 33, and Takarangi Kumar, 18. Name suppression was continued for a fourth man, aged 19.

All four appeared behind a glass barrier in the High Court at Napier on Tuesday morning and were remanded until a callover date on June 13.

All remain in custody but court dates have been set for bail applications to be heard.

Taylor was found about 3.15am on December 18 on the pavement about a metre or two from a recess between two businesses near the corner of Emerson St and Hastings St in the Napier CBD.

Police said he had injuries consistent with an assault. Attempts were made to resuscitate him, but he died at the scene.

Taylor was a homeless man but had family from Tangoio, north of Napier.

Members of his family and relatives of the accused filled the public gallery at the court on Tuesday morning, listening quietly to the short administrative hearing.

Justice Dale La Hood appeared via an audio-visual link from Wellington as Crown and defence counsel in Napier agreed on a trial date in April 2026.

Justice La Hood said the trial had been set down for four weeks but Crown Solicitor Steve Manning said only two weeks might be needed.

Taylor was known in the Napier CBD as friendly and sometimes talkative, and could be seen with a supermarket trolley carrying his belongings. A trolley was found at the scene.

Tributes were paid on social media after he died, saying he was a “gentle soul”, who was keen to help when he could.

Taylor had been associated with the non-profit organisation the Tairimu Trust, founded by Zack Makoare in 2007 to “turn the tide” on Māori health disparities by encouraging future leaders.

Makoare said Taylor was a “likeable”, “harmless” and helpful man who had his issues, but had been well-liked.

Police allege a second victim was robbed at the scene. The four accused have also been charged with wounding with intent and aggravated robbery.

Teen who killed a retired school teacher in Kaitāia is now 32 and must remain in prison
2 Feb, 2025 02:00 PM

The son of a retired school teacher who was murdered in her home believes his mother’s young killer remains unrepentant and should stay in prison.

Jameel Job beat Barbara Julian to death after entering her house intending to burgle it. He then covered her with oil and other liquids before putting on her late husband’s dressing gown and leaving.

Following the 2009 murder, the then-17-year-old was sentenced to life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 15 years. That minimum period expired recently and Job appeared before the Parole Board to make a bid for release.

However, Job, who has spent almost half his life behind bars, remains at high risk of violent reoffending and was declined parole.

It was a result welcomed by the victim’s son, John Julian.

“He’s certainly not ready to be let out yet,” he told NZME.

“It doesn’t look like he’s learned anything in there.”

Last year, Job, now 32, seriously assaulted a prison guard, who was concussed and lost teeth.

Julian said the family did not attend the recent parole hearing because they did not want to see Job.

“We’re still pretty angry about what he did… nothing he will say will ever change what happened.

“To me, it doesn’t seem like he’s ever accepted what he’s done.”

Job encountered Julian, 70, preparing food for a get-together with friends when he entered her Kaitāia home in November 2009.

She asked him to leave and a struggle ensued, culminating in Job using a bottle to hit the victim over the head. He then beat her so badly she suffered fractured ribs, a middle finger and an arm.

The following year, he was sentenced in the High Court at Whangārei for the murder.

According to the Parole Board’s decision, Job said he had spoken to his victim at her front door before walking away.

Then he felt “overwhelming anger and rage” and returned to the house to “essentially beat the woman to death”.

Job said he hit her with a bottle and poured oil over her intending to set fire to the house.

He could not explain why he removed most of her clothes and the board said it was an issue that needed further inquiry.

Job also said after the murder he closed the curtains in the house and did not know how to go about leaving.

He eventually left wearing a white bathrobe before being caught by a neighbour and friends of the victim.

Job was originally serving his time in Auckland South Prison but had to be transferred following the assault on the guard.

He assaulted him after he could not immediately have his laundry replaced. Job was told to return to his wing and instead of complying, he attacked the guard.

Since being transferred, the board acknowledged his behaviour had improved but said he needed to work towards having his security classification reduced so he could have more freedom in prison.

“We think he will need psychological assistance to do so, and we invite Corrections to provide a psychologist to try to assist Mr Job in improving his behaviour so that he can reduce his security classification,” the decision stated.

In the meantime, the board found he had a high risk of violent re-offending, and reducing his classification and seeing a psychologist would likely take a significant period.

The board declined his release and said it would see him again in April 2026.

But his victim’s son did not believe any amount of work Job does behind bars could ever be enough.

“It’s up to him to do the work inside,” John Julian said.

“What’s done can’t be undone. He did what he did and I’m not in any mood to forgive him for it.”

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2010.10.8 15 YEARS FOR MURDER
8 Oct, 2010 11:00 AM

A teenager who killed 70-year-old semi-retired school teacher Barbara Julian during a burglary attempt will spend at least 15 years behind bars.
Jameel Job, 18, was jailed for life when he appeared for sentencing in the High Court at Whangarei yesterday after earlier pleading guilty to murder.
Ms Julian was found dead by friends and a neighbour inside her Matthews Ave, Kaitaia home on November 4, 2009.
Her siblings, friends and supporters packed the public gallery and some could be heard sobbing during sentencing by Justice Pamela Andrews.
In a brief statement after the sentencing, her sisters, Lyn Nelson and Celia Eastman, said although justice had taken its course, nothing would bring Ms Julian back.
They said the sentencing was not closure but another step in the process.
Justice Andrews said Kaitaia police responded to complaints of a man behaving in an aggressive manner by flagging down motorists and beating on bonnets and doors of passing cars on the afternoon Ms Julian died.
About 4.30pm, she said some friends of Ms Julian who went to visit her witnessed a man leaving the house wearing a bathrobe.
They then discovered her dead.
Her clothes were removed from waist down and she had suffered extensive injuries, including fractured ribs, middle finger and an arm.
She was preparing food for a get-together with some friends when Job confronted her.
A struggle ensued when she asked him to leave.
Crown prosecutor Mike Smith submitted that a minimum non parole of more than 17 years was appropriate because of the aggravating features.
He said when caught committing burglary, Job not only killed Ms Julian but committed indecencies and other crimes inside her house.
He poured liquid on parts of her body to avoid detection and to hide the evidence, Mr Smith said.
Defence lawyer Doug Blaikie said Job had been living on the streets and had underlying mental issues during a difficult upbringing. Job lacked emotional nourishment and was passed on to other family members during his formative years, he said.
After receiving treatment, Mr Blaikie said Job had developed an insight in to his actions and has sincerely apologised to Ms Julian’s family. “He has failed society and to some degree society has failed him,” he said, referring to Job’s upbringing.
Justice Andrews said Job attacked Ms Julian with a bottle and kicked her, even though the woman could not be a threat to him.
The Judge said physical and mental abuse was common in Job’s childhood.
His mother could not look after him.
He was the eldest of seven siblings.
She said Job was on a cocktail of alcohol, methamphetamine and cannabis when he attacked Ms Julian.
Justice Andrews reminded those in the public gallery that Job’s life sentence didn’t mean he would be released after 15 years.
Whether or not he was released after serving 15 years would be decided by the Parole Board, she explained.

A 22-year-old woman, who was working as an untrained teacher and reliever in Bay of Plenty childcare centres, has admitted to having hundreds of videos of child sexual abuse, accessed through encrypted social media apps.

Warning: This story deals with details of the sexual assault of children and may be distressing.

A young woman who worked in early childhood told police she has “a serious addiction to disgusting things” after she was found with nearly 400 videos containing child exploitation material.

There were 298 videos classed as the most serious type of this material, some involving toddlers and infants, and some showing sexual acts between animals and children.

The 22-year-old was working as a reliever and untrained teacher at childcare centres across the Bay of Plenty when her “addiction” was discovered by police.

There is no suggestion that any of the images she possessed involved children she knew or had contact with through her work.

An FBI investigation in Arkansas, United States, targeted a person she was in contact with over encrypted social media apps Telegram and Wire.

While having conversations on these apps, the pair also exchanged child sexual abuse material.

The young woman was arrested by police in October last year, while she was at work at a Mount Maunganui childcare centre.

Six electronic devices were seized in a search of her home.

Multiple videos and images were on two iPhones. The material had been accessed through encrypted social media apps Telegram, Wire, Wickr Me and Kik.

The material ranged from pre-pubescent children engaging in sexual acts with each other and performing acts on adults, to toddlers and infants being subjected to sexual offending by adults.

There was also material that involved sadism, torture and humiliation of infants, toddlers, and adult women.

Some of the material included bestiality with adults, toddlers, and infants.

The young woman appeared in the Tauranga District Court on Tuesday where she pleaded guilty to four representative charges of possessing objectionable material involving child exploitation.

The 22-year-old woman charged with possession child exploitation material has interim name suppression until her sentencing, later this year.

Her lawyer David Pawson asked for interim name suppression to continue until sentencing so that grounds for permanent name suppression could be explored.

Police discovered a total of 602 sexual videos on her devices, of which 390 were examined and deemed objectionable.

There were 298 classed as “category A”, which court documents said could involve either penetrative sexual activity, penetrative sexual activity with animals, or sadism. All of those types of exploitation were in the material discovered on her iPhones.

There were 95 objectionable images found on her devices, of which 52 were deemed category A.

Category B is for non-penetrative sexual activity, and category C is for “indecent images” not included in the first two classifications.

According to the police summary of facts, the young woman told police officers she has “a serious addiction to disgusting things”.

She has no previous convictions and has never been before the court.

The police are seeking the destruction of her devices.

‘The centre has been amazing’
A childcare centre where the woman had temporarily worked sent an email to parents after the woman’s arrest.

It said a detective from the police child protection unit had been in contact to alert them to the woman’s then-alleged offending.

“He disclosed to us that she is being charged with possession … of objectionable material and child abuse images.

“He has reassured us that there has been zero evidence that she has taken any images herself and everything that she is accused of possessing and supplying are images she has sourced from the internet.”

A parent whose child attends the childcare centre said there had been good communication since news of the woman’s arrest broke.

“The centre has been amazing,” she said.

“Now when they get a reliever they let us know by email first.”

They also provided information about who the reliever was.

She said when the offending came to light she’d had questions like: “Were they with my child, did they do nappy changes, all that kind of thing”.

She’d been reassured that the reliever had done “outside duties” only, and hadn’t had the same level of contact with the children as the permanent staff.

She still “really liked” the childcare centre and felt they were taking all the steps they could to hopefully prevent something like this from happening again.

The centre did not want to comment.