A video that shows people being murdered by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has been played to a jury in the trial of a man charged with possessing objectionable material.
The Crowns case is the Aucklander, who has name suppression, repeatedly accessed Isis propaganda material in July and August 2018 before buying a hunting knife.
He has denied three charges of possessing objectionable publications, possessing a knife without lawful authority and failing to comply with a search.
On Thursday at the High Court at Auckland, two nasheeds chants or hymns with still imagery and a video were played to the jury.
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The three publications have been classified as objectionable by the Censor for promoting acts of terrorism, extreme violence and cruelty, the court heard.
The Isis flag features in the nasheeds.
Before the nasheeds and video were played, Justice Sally Fitzgerald asked the jurors to put any feelings of sympathy and human emotion to one side.
Justice Fitzgerald warned the content of the video contained graphic and violent images.
The Crowns case is these particular nasheeds and video were clearly designed to inspire and celebrate the cause of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis).
One of the nasheeds shows a single still image of a figure carrying a machine gun and the Isis flag.
The lyrics reference violent acts including decapitation and terrorism.
The second nasheed explicitly encourages terrorist attacks on the countries of disbelievers.
The hunting knife purchased by the Auckland man after repeatedly accessing Isis videos.
A seven-minute video, which is the cause of the third objectionable publication charge, shows people being murdered by Isis.
The video also provides instruction on how to kill non-Muslims.
On Thursday, police detective Victoria Crichton told the jury she examined the defendant’s internet history after he was arrested in August 2018.
His Google searches and bookmarks included: Islamic State dress, New Zealand prison clothes and food, improvised explosive devices, heroes of Isis, and an Isis-issued booklet on how to avoid being detected by Western security.
The defendant also searched for a hunting knife and sought out the shop where he would eventually purchase the knife, the court heard.
A number of nasheeds and videos were accessed, all containing Islamic State material, the court heard.
The defendant also accessed a number of articles referencing Imran Patel, the detective said.
Kieran Raftery QC says his client does not dispute he purchased he knife or accessed the nasheeds.
Patel was the first person in New Zealand to be jailed for possessing Isis propaganda.
The detective told the court only the defendants internet history from August 5 could be accessed, and only bookmarked data between July 18 and August 5 was available.
She believed his browser history had been deleted.
Under cross-examination by Kieran Raftery QC, Crichton confirmed the police had only been able to establish the defendant viewed the objectionable video once on August 8, 2018.
She said by looking at the internet data, it was clear the defendant had viewed the video as he then googled some terms mentioned in the clip.
Raftery also played two further nasheeds that had been found in the defendant’s internet history to the jury. They were not deemed objectionable by the Classification Office.
Justice Sally Fitzgerald warned the jury about the graphic nature of the video.
When questioned by Raftery about the defendants previous offending, Crichton said he had been arrested in May 2017 after police became concerned about his internet activity.
He was eventually charged with a number of offences relating to distributing objectionable material and was held in custody. He admitted the charges of possessing restricted material.
The man applied for bail, however it was opposed due to police concerns he had a high risk of reoffending.
Ahead of his sentencing in 2018, he was granted electronically monitored bail. He was then arrested on August 9, 2018 for the current charges, the detective confirmed.
On Wednesday, Raftery said the defendant accepted he had listened to the nasheeds more than once, but it was for the jury to decide whether he knew they were objectionable.
In regard to the video, Raftery said the defendant did not know what he was about to view before he watched it.
The trial before Justice Fitzgerald and a jury will continue on Monday.