PHOTO: Sir Ron Brierley. Photo: Getty Images
Prominent New Zealand businessman Sir Ron Brierley has pleaded guilty to possession of child sexual abuse material at a Sydney court hearing this morning.
Brierley pleaded guilty to three charges in the Downing Centre Local Court with a number of charges withdrawn.
Brierley’s barrister admitted he possessed “some images” but the exact figure is “in dispute”.
The New Zealand businessman was arrested in December 2019 on six counts of possession of child abuse material.
Border officials had found child sexual abuse material on his laptop and electronic storage devices.
Brierley will be sentenced on 30 April.
He was one of the best known New Zealanders of the 1980s and 1990s – never far from the headlines or a new business buy-up.
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