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News Burst: Internet child porn case to go online
First time in British legal history that a jury will access the Internet as part of a case
In a UK judicial first, a jury will access the Web Wednesday as part of a case involving the alleged distribution of child pornography on the Internet.
Over £5,000 is estimated to have been spend installing high-tech equipment at Kingston Crown Court, which the trial prosecution will use to attempt to prove that paedophilic images were shared on the Web.
Seven men are accused of conspiracy to distribute indecent images of children between November 1996 and September 1998.
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