Former deputy police commissioner sentenced for possessing objectionable material

Wednesday 17 December 2025 · 8 outlets · 7 reports · updated Wed 17 Dec 2025, 4:03pm

In this story Jevon McSkimming

Jevon McSkimming has been sentenced to nine months of home detention at the Wellington District Court. The 52-year-old former deputy police commissioner pleaded guilty to three charges of possessing objectionable material, including child sexual exploitation and bestiality. He was not required to register as a sex offender.

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1. NZ HeraldWed 17 Dec 2025, 5:00am

   Jevon McSkimming sentencing: Police reversed just one policy that disgraced ex-cop had ordered (opens in new tab)

   • Former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming gets home detention for child sex abuse images (opens in new tab) Wed 17 Dec 2025, 3:09pm
2. StuffWed 17 Dec 2025, 5:57am

   Former top cop Jevon McSkimming to be sentenced (opens in new tab)

3. The PostWed 17 Dec 2025, 8:47am

   Former deputy police commissioner Jevon McSkimming to be sentenced today (opens in new tab)

   Also on The Press (opens in new tab), Waikato Times (opens in new tab)

4. 1NewsWed 17 Dec 2025, 3:14pm

   Disgraced former top cop sentenced on objectionable material charges (opens in new tab)

5. Otago Daily TimesWed 17 Dec 2025, 3:35pm

   Disgraced former top cop Jevon McSkimming avoids jail over objectionable material (opens in new tab)

   Also on Stuff (opens in new tab)

6. RNZWed 17 Dec 2025, 4:03pm

   Jevon McSkimming avoids jail sentence over possession of child sexual exploitation material (opens in new tab)