This is the first case of conviction for spying in New Zealand’s history. The soldier was supposed to provide maps or photographs of the military base to a secret agent who pretended to be a representative of another country.
On Wednesday, the Military Court condemned a New Zealand soldier to two years in prison for an attempted spy for another country. He made the decision two days after he was guilty, TASR informs, according to the AFP report.
The soldier confessed to the act
They did not disclose the name of the soldier, but confessed to attempting spying, access to a computer system with dishonest intention if a conscious hold of an inadmissible publication.
According to the indictment, the soldier provided maps or photographs of the military base to a secret agent who married another country. This is the first case of conviction for spying in New Zealand’s history.
Authorities watched him from a terrorist attack on the mosque in Christchurch
While watching a man, the New Zealand authorities found that “he made contact with a third party, suggesting that he was a soldier who wanted to desert,” the prosecutor’s office said. The secret agent then contacted him and claimed to come from the country.
He became the subject of interest after a terrorist attack on the mosques in Christchurch, because there was a assumption that it was connected to the far right -wing groups. The investigation found that he had copies of a live video of this attack, which killed 51 people.
During the six years in the so -called. An open prison was married by the soldier and his wife is waiting for a third child
The soldier was arrested in December 2019 and since then he spent all the time except six days in the so -called. an open prison, as the New Zealand army called it. During this period, a man in the army house was in a military base and was subject to a ban on coming out.
AFP adds that the soldier has been suspended with a full salary and has earned more than 200,000 euros since his arrest. Over the past six years, he has married A and his wife is now waiting for a third child.
