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, Simon Walsh, 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”...'
More from Myles Jackman@ObscenityLawyer, who is representing Simon Walsh, on his blog.
Earlier this year Myles Jackman successfully represented Michael Peacock in a landmark trial that saw a jury find Peacock not guilty of a charge of obscenity for distributing gay SM DVDS.
I believe the coverage of this in the gay news media was zero.
Now that's obscene.
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Almost impossible to believe, but there was actually a full page spread of reportage (history of the case and commentary) in either QX or Boyz when the Peacock case was won.
ReplyDeleteSince there’s fisting not only described but heartily recommended in the Bible (Song of Songs), does this mean we could get a prosecution against every hotel that has copy for distributing this lurid filth, or does that only count if its just images?
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I would imagine it was QX - they're the most open to these things.
DeleteOnly UK gay publication to run a feature on Queer Resistance (I'm pretty sure), for example.
Disco Damaged - the London gay clubbing blog - ran an item about the Peacock case.
Odd/depressing that QX/DD will run these things, but your actual gay news media don't.
Wonder what will happen, this time?