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A professional Auckland man who works with children has been accused of making child pornography by covertly filming his 14-year-old daughter and foreign exchange students in the shower.
Suppression orders prevent the Herald on Sunday from revealing his name, workplace or occupation.
The 47-year-old has been charged with
three counts of filming girls under the age of 16 in the shower, possessing 193 objectionable images on his computer and photographing a partially naked young girl.
Police raided his home last month after being alerted by his employer. A colleague who was fixing his laptop allegedly found a file containing nearly 2000 images and films of girls.
Police believe some were home-made and executed an urgent search warrant because the man was his children's sole caregiver.
Three of the films were allegedly shot last year through a grille above the shower: one of the man's 14-year-old daughter and two of exchange students.
Police say they also found a photograph of a neighbour's daughter, aged between 4 and 6, sitting on a trampoline with her genitals exposed. After the police raid, his children were taken into CYF care and are now being cared for by their mother.
Police have seized a further three computers for analysis.
The accused is scheduled to reappear for a pre-depositions hearing in the Auckland District Court this month.
In a separate case, a university lecturer has pleaded guilty to possessing objectionable material after being caught with nearly 1000 pornographic pictures of children on his computer.
The man, who has interim name suppression, is still listed as an employee of AUT. An AUT spokeswoman refused to answer Herald on Sunday questions, including whether the university knew he was under investigation when hiring him, or if he would face disciplinary action.
At the time of the offending, the man was lecturing at the University of Auckland. A spokesman said his contract was not renewed because of the allegations.
The pornography was discovered by the teenage daughter of a colleague.
The girl alerted her father, who viewed the images and later told police: "The girls got progressively younger. They were naked in suggestive poses you would expect to see in Penthouse or Playboy."
When confronted, the lecturer admitted owning the images. In May 2007, police searched the lecturer's home and seized computer disks and other devices.
Detectives found 979 images of girls aged between 8 and 13 in sexual and provocative poses. All were naked or semi-naked.
Initially, the man denied the images existed, but later said the allegations were his former friend's "malicious attempt" at revenge. The offence carries a maximum sentence of five years in jail or a $50,000 fine.
