A man has been cleared of obscenity despite writing a disgusting Girls Aloud blog in which he imagined kidnapping and murdering the famous pop group singers. His defence to the prosecution under the Obscene Publications Act – that the web site was not easily accessible on the web and could only be found by looking for specific material – succeeded, and the prosecution did not offer sufficient evidence to Newcastle Crown Court. The blog had been brought to the police's attention by the Internet Watch Foundation, which monitors potentially obscene material. All was not well for the poster, however, as he lost his civil service job following the interest. The employer decided he was not 'Untouchable', as he was left wondering 'Why do it?'
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