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Blogger cleared of obscenity charge

Posted by Glyn in Content Blocking, Privacy at June 29th, 2009

A blogger who wrote an article imagining the kidnap, rape and murder of the pop group Girls Aloud was cleared of obscenity today.
… faced prosecution after writing a 12-page blog called Girls (Scream) Aloud on a fantasy pornography site.
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Judge Esmond Faulks returned a not guilty verdict to the charge of publishing an obscene article

Source: The Guardian

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