A Nelson businessman who secretly recorded his wife, who was having an affair, says it is unfair that he has been portrayed as a sexual deviant, but has admitted the charges against him so he can “get on with life”.

Pat, 53, pleaded guilty in the Whakatane District Court to four charges of publishing an intimate visual recording and one charge of making an intimate recording.

He has been ordered to pay his wife $5000 compensation.

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I don’t understand what he did wrong. It seems he shared the evidence with some people. I don’t know how this is described as publishing but that seems to be the only thing that I can see that he did that might be illegal.

I am very confused about this.
She was screwing a married man.
That seems to be jsut fine.
Plus she is preventing the childiren spend time with him post divorce.
That also seems to be fine.
He got evidence to confirm his suspcions.
Was that wrong?

I don’t think it was nice for him to share it with anyone. Except that agree he had a duty to tell the wife of the man having an affair.

Can someone explain what he did wrong to me?
I don’t understand what his crime was.