Police say that, after being charged under the Harmful Digital Communications Act, Ms Z was given bail but had to adhere to strict conditions, which included not contacting the detective.<\/p>\n
This \u201cfrustrated the complainant\u201d, who then set about scouring social media for information about the police officer\u2019s wife in a bid to \u201ccircumvent this ban\u201d.<\/p>\n
Ms Z also found an \u201cembarrassing\u201d photo of the detective\u2019s wife holding a beer bong on Facebook from years earlier, then set up a fake email account and contacted the woman.<\/p>\n
She found details of her employer and job title and started sending emails to her work address, copying in senior police officers, the Lower Hutt mayor and a journalist.<\/p>\n
The emails referred to the complainant\u2019s young children, the police summary says. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis included making highly offensive sexual references about the children and suggesting they should be sexually abused,\u201d the summary says.<\/p>\n
The summary shows some of the emails were sent in quick succession over the space of three days last year.<\/p>\n
Ten were sent in the space of 51 minutes on June 29, 2025.Nine were sent in the space of 32 minutes on June 30, 2025.Fifty-six of the 87 emails were sent on July 2, 2025.<\/p>\n
It says the emails caused \u201cserious emotional stress, embarrassment, and anxiety for both the complainant and her husband\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis impacted both their personal and professional lives,\u201d the summary says.<\/p>\n
After being charged over contacting the detective\u2019s wife, Ms Z then again attempted to circumvent a court-ordered ban and was charged again. <\/p>\n
When ordered not to contact the detective\u2019s wife, the summary says she started emailing the CEO of the woman\u2019s employer. <\/p>\n
Last month the Herald revealed Ms Z requested money from McSkimming for sex acts<\/a> that had occurred between the pair, urging him to \u201cpay up and this will end\u201d.<\/p>\n In response to that story, Ms Z told the Herald: \u201cI accept not every step I took in raising my concerns was the right one.\u201d<\/p>\n