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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

Bottoms Up

Monday, 30 July 2012

Porn Trial: This Time it's Extreme

"Today the Crown Prosecution Service will attempt to persuade a jury that images of fisting should be classified as “extreme pornography” with the risk to the defendant of three years in custody, inclusion on the sex offenders' register and damage to his personal and professional standing.

All for a type of image which is commonly viewed, of an activity which is itself is legal to perform and is even discussed in the book Fifty Shades of Grey. Nonetheless the defendant, SW, has been charged with being in possession of extreme pornographic images under section 63 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008: so the Prosecution must prove that the act of fisting is “likely to result in serious injury to a person’s anus”."

http://obscenitylawyer.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/porn-trial-this-time-its-extreme.html

Tuesday, 31 July 2012

The trial of Simon Walsh at Kingston Crown Court

"This report is dependent on the live-tweeting from inside the courtroom by solicitor Myles Jackman (who represents the defendant) and academic sex-researcher Alex Dymock. Follow them for further updates.

SW, barrister and alderman of the City of London, was arrested at work in April last year. It is not clear why. As a result of the arrest he was sacked from his position on the London Fire Authority. The arrest has also inevitably had serious repercussions for his legal career. Although W admitted to the police that he had an interest in "BDSM, coprophilia and urethral sounding" (of which more anon), he doesn't seem to have been unusually obsessed by violent pornography. According to Myles Jackman, none was found on either his work or home computers. But he had been sent something by email. And that was enough for the Crown Prosecution Service to think it worthwhile putting him on trial at Kingston Crown Court."

http://heresydungeon.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/the-trial-of-simon-walsh-at-kingston.html