New Zealand military officer accused of hiding camera inside washroom at embassy in US
Alfred Keating, who has returned to New Zealand, has been charged with attempting to make an intimate visual recording
world Updated: May 04, 2018 11:52 IST
A high-ranking New Zealand military officer has been accused of hiding a camera in a bathroom at the nation’s embassy in Washington in a case that has raised unusual jurisdictional questions.
Alfred Keating was a Navy commodore and the embassy’s senior defence attache at the time of the incident last July. He would have been eligible to claim diplomatic immunity from being prosecuted by US. authorities. But the case was handled by New Zealand police, who travelled to Washington to investigate.
A New Zealand judge on Friday dismissed an appeal by Keating to have his name and other personal details suppressed.
Keating, who has returned to New Zealand, has been charged with attempting to make an intimate visual recording. If convicted, he faces a maximum 18 months in prison.
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