Wellington’s deputy mayor has been censured and forced to apologise over his behaviour online after calling a member of the public a “nonce”.
Ben McNulty, an active social media user, took to X (formerly Twitter) last month over what he described as an “absolutely wild privacy breach” after details of travel arrangements he had made appeared to have fallen into the hands of scammers.
Another user suggested the issue may have originated with his own email or booking process.
“Why throw [the travel site] under the bus before you know what’s happened? With your lack of critical thinking you have no place in politics,” a user named Mike B commented.
McNulty responded calling Mike B a nonce in a comment that has since been deleted.
Nonce is British slang commonly used to refer to a person who has committed a sexual offence against a child.
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McNulty responded calling Mike B a nonce in a comment that has since been deleted.
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