Pete Townshend to be 'given a caution'
 

What the fuck does this say about enforcement of child porn laws? If you have a lot of money you can get away with it? The british do not enforce their laws? It seems to me if he had been busted in the U.S. some gung-ho prosecutor would have tried to get a lot of press out of busting his balls and get him some prison time.


http://www.thisislondon.com/news/art...veningStandard

Pete Townshend to be 'given a caution'
10 March 2003
Rock star Pete Townshend will not be prosecuted for possessing child pornography, it was reported today.

The Who guitarist, 57, is expected to get a formal police caution, after insisting he accessed a child porn website as part of a research project into the horrors of the paedophile trade.

Sources say the decision came after detailed examinations of computers seized during a raid at his Richmond home.

Insiders say it now appears "highly unlikely" he will face a court appearance. Townshend's credit-card details had appeared among 7,272 names handed to police by the US Postal Inspection Service.

The charges he had faced - of possessing, making and incitement to distribute indecent images of children - could have led to up to five years in jail.

hahaha

im glad he got off.

all you fuckers who just just like to point the finger reminds me of the assholes in Monty Python.

'Shes a witch, she looks like one!'

'BURN HER ANYWAY!!!!"

All you need a is a witch to burn.

i've got Quadrophenia playing right now

Can You See The Real Me

I feel the same way as you man....

People always want a scapegoat and love watching successful people get taken down.

I must admit, I'm also glad it's over, but as a HUGE "Who" fan I am I'll never be able to look at him the same way.



:(

Scapehoat????
If the mother fucker likes child porn, then let him rot in jail after he's been castrated.
Just because he is someone famous, and he gets away with it; that's bullshit.
So, next time someone gets busted buying or selling dope; he's going to say: "I was just trying it to write a book".
Pretty pathetic... :feels-hot
Reminds me of charles trenet...

With all the media about child pornography, if Pete Townshend had been guilty, the government would have charged him.

The valuable lesson is not to do research suspect child pornography yourself. Even at ASACP, we do not go beyond a certain point in our investigations without the FBI being aware of what we are doing. We will be sending a press release about some new procedures at ASACP by the end of this week, so check http://www.asacp.org/pressreleases.html