A jury has been empanelled this morning for the trial involving New Zealand’s former top defence representative in Washington, Alfred Keating, in the Auckland District Court.
The former Navy commodore is facing one charge of attempting to make an intimate visual recording in the toilets at New Zealand’s embassy in Washington two years ago.
A camera was discovered in the toilets in July 2017.
Crown Prosecutor Henry Steele told an Auckland jury the former top military representative in the United States was responsible for trying to covertly record his colleagues in the unisex bathroom at the NZ Embassy in Washington.
A driver for the Embassy discovered the camera on the floor of a toilet cubicle unaware of its importance, but a later visitor to the toilet identified the camera for what it was and alerted security.
The Crown said Keating’s DNA was found on the camera's memory card and CCTV footage shows Keating going into the toilets just moments before the first recording.
In addition, the Crown said a forensic examination of Keating’s computer showed it accessing software and files relating to the videos created.
No intimate recordings were found on the camera. The Crown has suggested the camera fell from its platform before any such recordings could be made.
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