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Published 08 August 2012 14:30

"Porn Trial" defendant cleared on all counts

"The CPS has "serious questions to answer"

A man who was tried this week in Kingston Crown Court for possessing images of "extreme" sexual acts has just been cleared on all counts. He was tried under the "extreme pornography" act in a live trial before a jury.

David Allen Green, solicitor and legal correspondent for the New Statesman, said:

"This was a shameful and intrusive prosecution which should never have been brought. It was bad law to begin with, but a good man has had his sex life examined in open court for no good reason. There are serious questions for the CPS to answer about bringing this prosecution.""

http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/politics/2012/08/porn-trial-defendant-cleared-all-counts

Posted: 08/08/2012 14:25 Updated: 08/08/2012 14:25

Porn Trial: Barrister Simon Walsh Acquitted As Fisting Declared 'Not Extreme'

"A gay barrister arrested for possessing "extreme pornography" after he was sent images of fisting has been acquitted in a landmark trial.

The case at Kingston Crown Court set a precedent over whether images of sexual fetishes, like fisting and inserting objects into the urethra, can be considered "extreme"."

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/08/08/porn-trial-simon-walsh-acquitted-fisting_n_1755412.html?utm_hp_ref=uk

‘Porn trial’ barrister ‘asks if sexual health clinics are for those who have riskier sex’

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/08/06/porn-trial-barrister-asks-if-sexual-health-clinics-are-for-those-who-have-riskier-sex/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Pinknews+%28Pink+News%29

What is “extreme pornography”?

http://jackofkent.com/2012/08/what-is-extreme-pornography/

The shameful and nasty prosecution of Simon Walsh

http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/david-allen-green/2012/08/shameful-and-nasty-prosecution-simon-walsh

Jury refuses to criminalise a Magistrate for looking at fisting porn.

http://www.backlash-uk.org.uk/wp/?p=1185

Comment: Prosecutors, extreme porn and 50 Shades of Grey

http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2012/08/08/comment-prosecutors-extreme-porn-and-50-shades-of-grey

Innocent: Former Mayor aide sacked over child porn allegation

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/innocent-former-mayor-aide-sacked-over-child-porn-allegation-8022325.html

Comment: Heads must roll for the porn trial

http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2012/08/08/comment-heads-must-roll-for-the-porn-trial

Why the porn trial verdict is no reason to celebrate

http://blog.indexoncensorship.org/2012/08/08/porntrial-obscenity-cps-simonwals/

Embarrassment for CPS as it loses porn trial case

http://www.politics.co.uk/news/2012/08/08/embarrassment-for-cps-as-it-loses-porn-trial-case

Former Boris Johnson aide cleared of possession of 'extreme pornography

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/aug/08/boris-johnson-aide-extreme-pornography-cleared

Extreme porn trial: consensual sex and the state

http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2012/aug/08/extreme-porn-trial-simon-walsh?newsfeed=true

Extreme porn acquittal puts prosecutors in the dock

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/extreme-porn-acquittal-puts-prosecutors-in-the-dock-8027279.html

Leading article: Too much petty officialdom

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-too-much-petty-officialdom-8027048.html

CPS ‘does not endorse’ barrister’s sexual health clinic question

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/08/09/cps-does-not-endorse-barristers-sexual-health-comment-at-porntrial/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Pinknews+%28Pink+News%29
 
Simon Walsh: the vindictive persecution of an innocent man

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/12/nick-cohen-simon-walsh-cps-pornography-prosecution

Simon Walsh: How bodged arrest and 'profoundly damaging' false charges have ruined my City Hall career

http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/simon-walsh-how-bodged-arrest-and-profoundly-damaging-false-charges-have-ruined-my-city-hall-career-8046087.html

The CPS and the MET down but not out – Don’t expect Commonsense or Justice anytime soon

http://caan.org.uk/2012/08/the-cps-and-the-met-down-but-not-out-dont-expect-commonsense-or-justice-anytime-soon/
 
It's time for UK's CPS to stop its war on sex

http://bluf.com/blog.php?232