More Pete Townshend news

[phlogiston]

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.



http://www.thisislondon.com/news/articles/3742635?source=EveningStandard

 

[Goreripper]

Getting back to ROlling Stone again, there's actually a good article about the Townshend controversy in this month's issue. Having read it, I put considerably more credence in his version of events than I did previously.

 

[Southy]

I never doubted Pete..infact i woulda been quite sad if i had of been proven wrong in my belief of him

 

[Wrathchild]

I was on his side right from the start, and am happy that things have turned out for the best.

I think I'll go and celebrate by ordering an import of The Who's Ultimate Collection, which *still* hasn't been released here

A 2 CD repackaging of Who's Next will be out soon, with some previously unreleased stuff on the second disc.

W