A New Zealand woman living in Australia has been charged with breaching suppression by posting online the name of a prominent Central Otago man.
Last night, police issued a statement saying a 34-year-old woman had been charged for allegedly breaching the man's permanent name suppression by posting information on a website.
The woman was charged with two counts of breaching suppression provisions and orders.
A warrant for her arrest was issued by the Christchurch District Court yesterday.
A former National member of Parliament has already appeared in the Waitakere District Court for allegedly breaching the man's name suppression.
Another man was formally warned by police in Whangarei for allegedly breaching the same court order.
The maximum penalty for breaching this type of order is a six-month jail term or a $100,000 fine for a body corporate.
The Central Otago man escaped conviction and identification on an indecency charge, almost two and a-half years after the offence was committed, when he appeared in the Dunedin District Court earlier this year.
He was discharged without conviction, on payment of $6500 reparation to the female complainant.
In August 2012, the man pleaded guilty to a charge of performing an indecent act on Central Otago woman Louise Hemsley, who won a legal battle to have suppression of her name lifted.
