When the IPCA report into the Jevon McSkimming saga was released, we were all outraged to learn the depths of the police's depravity and the lengths they would go to to cover for one of their own. Not only had they systematically covered for abusive creep and child sex-abuse fan McSkimming, hiding the facts from the Public Service Commission and ignoring investigation guidelines to bury and railroad an investigation into allegations against him - they had also prosecuted his victim. And worse, they're still doing it:
Police are continuing with a prosecution against the woman who accused former Deputy Commissioner Jevon McSkimming of sexual offending in relation to charges of harassing another police officer and his wife.At this stage, this looks like nothing less than a revenge prosecution. Fundamentally, Mrs Z's "crime" is to forcefully demand the justice the police should have given her in the first place, the justice police denied her for years because they were covering up for their Special Boy. Prosecuting her for that is immoral and unacceptable, and seems calculated to punish her for daring to stand up to police and deter allegations against police officers in future. Its just another part of the McSkimming cover-up, another example of the institutional corruption in the police force, the way they put protecting their own ahead of justice and enforcing the law.A damning report released last month by the Independent Police Conduct Authority found serious misconduct at the highest levels, including former Commissioner Andrew Coster, over how police responded to the allegations.
The woman was charged in May last year with causing harm by posting digital communication in relation to over 300 emails she allegedly sent to McSkimming's work email address between December 2023 and April 2024.
The charge against the woman was withdrawn in the Wellington District Court in September because McSkimming did not wish to give evidence. But the woman remains before the court on two charges of causing harm by posting a digital communication in relation to another police officer and his wife.
This prosecution is not in the public interest. It further undermines public trust in police and damages their social licence. It is purely an act of official revenge. It should be dropped, and McSkimming's victim compensated for by police for her mistreatment.
