Darryn Walker cleared (68)

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It was the CPS trying it on, all along.

ETA This was the first day of the trial which was scheduled to last all week, so that's either the prosecution stopping and thinking for a minute, or the judge throwing it out.

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Edited 29 Jun 09, 11:41 AM by Tanos

Something worth remembering when we hear the claptrap about the "extreme porn" law only criminalising images illegal under the OPA - as the new law has no such test.

ETA - glad to see some good arguments in the defence:

Not all good news though, for him:

Sign the statement against criminalisation of possession "extreme" images. Petition against plans to criminalise sexual cartoons appearing to depict anyone under 18.

Edited 29 Jun 09, 11:52 AM by emark

Well done the psychiatrist too.

''A report from a consultant psychiatrist also said it was "baseless" to suggest that reading such material could turn other people into sexual predators.''

Who are these spooky sounding people also? ' the Internet Watch Foundation.'

Not too great though as he lost his job over all this and has had the worry hanging over him since early 2008.I wonder if he can claim damages?

Edited 29 Jun 09, 11:54 AM by condemned

I wonder how much public money they wasted on it...?

I'll second that

Bet they are some right wing religious fundamentalist group. Does anyone know?

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... an argument which is an Obscene Publications Act killer, since the OPA requires the material is likely to "deprave and corrupt". If the CPS pulled out, then I wonder if they were worried about the case hinging on that and it turning into a precedent?

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The UK's government-approved internet censor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Watch_Foun...

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If the jury accepted this - doesn't that rather nullify the OPA?

As for the IWF, they are government approved and funded but are technically a non-governmental organization (a charity, in fact). They have no accountability whatsoever yet because of the blacklist all but forced upon most ISPs they have the power to censor the internet for 9 out of 10 users (without users knowing it is being censored, attempting to access a blacklisted site simply returns a technical error message) who have no recourse to the courts or to the voting booth.

What men in all the world have shown such daring?

Edited 29 Jun 09, 12:13 PM by DaddysTouch

In practice, I hope this puts off prosecutions for written material for a while - but the police keep trying every ten years or so, and I just wish the law would be scrapped. (With this Government though, I fear the only chances it'll be scrapped will be if it's replaced with something more likely to get prosecutions...)

Sign the statement against criminalisation of possession "extreme" images. Petition against plans to criminalise sexual cartoons appearing to depict anyone under 18.

I'm quite sure he is already investigating that avenue with his lawyer.

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