IR-01-25-41268 
4 February 2026 
Roger Brown 
[FYI request #32820 email] 
Kia ora Roger, 
Request for information 
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request of 12 November 2025, in 
which you requested: 
The fol owing IPCA report notes that Crown prosecutors continued to prosecute 
one of Jevon McSkimming's victims for 'causing harm by posting digital 
communication' under section 22 of the Harmful Digital Communications Act 
2015, from November 2024, through to as late as September 2025, despite the 
Crown having acknowledged by 28th November 2024 that the (actual) victim's 
allegations in the 'harmful' communications case for which she was being 
prosecuted were not false. 
https://www.ipca.govt.nz/download/169325/11%20November%202025%20-%20I 
PCA%20Public%20Report%20-%20Review%20of%20Police%20handling%20of
%20complaints%20against%20Jevon%20McSkimming.pdf 
I am requesting all Police communications with Crown prosecutors regarding this 
prosecution from 1st November 2024- when internal damage control regarding 
McSkimming's abnormal lusts began- through to 30th September 2025 (the end 
of the month in which the case was finally dropped solely because McSkimming 
refused to testify) 
. 
The information is withheld pursuant to section 9(2)(h) of the OIA, to maintain legal 
professional privilege, and section 9(2)(a), to protect the privacy of natural persons. 
You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review my decision if you are not satisfied 
with the response to your request. Information about how to make a complaint is available 
at: www.ombudsman.parliament.nz. 
Nāku noa, nā
Darryl Sweeney 
Territorial Detective Superintendent 

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