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Offender Databases Malcolm Spark

Malcolm Albert Spark

Alias

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Offences

24 child pornography charges, 10 of making an objectionable publication and 14 of knowingly possessing an objectionable publication from 2005 to 2008
Spark had taken part in on-line chats with girls aged from nine to 15 in 2005

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1949

Current Location

At large in Queenstown

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to two years six months in April 2009
Released April 2010

Background
NZ Herald story here
Christchurch Court News story here with the sentencing here
He appealed his sentence and conviction, but this was overturned in August 2009, story here

From the Manawatu Standard 17th December 2009
A former teacher and ACT Party candidate has lost his bid to appeal his 24 convictions on 24 child pornography charges. Malcolm Albert Spark, of Kaiapoi in North Canterbury, was sentenced to 2 years 6 months prison in April after being found guilty by a jury following a three-day trial in Christchurch District Court in March. The jury convicted him on all the charges: 10 counts of making an objectionable publication and 14 counts of knowingly possessing an objectionable publication. The publications related to child sexual exploitation. Spark had taken part in online chats with girls aged from nine to 15 in 2005, which led to him obtaining images which he put with a summary of what he had learned about the girls during the chats on Word documents, which were found on his computer.

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