Prison for offensive footage

Two Auckland men accused of having more than 20 hours of extreme child exploitation footage – described by a source as some of the most sickening that law enforcement in New Zealand has ever seen – have been ordered to serve time in prison. Housemates Murray Richard Pengelly and Colin Kenneth Bradley, a well-known dog breeder, were arrested in December 2019 after a tip-off to police. More than 750 video files were discovered. The men, both in their 60s, pleaded guilty nearly a year ago to one count of possession of methamphetamine and multiple counts of possession of objectionable material with knowledge it was illegal. In the Manukau District Court yesterday, Judge Tini Clark ordered Pengelly to serve two years and eight months and Bradley to serve 25 and a half months. The material, containing brutality described as “next level” held images of sadism, torture, infant victims and, in one video, the death of a child.