Exclusive: All charges have been dropped against Chris Illingworth, the man who was charged for republishing on a video-sharing site a video of a man swinging a baby by its arms like a rag doll. The move to discontinue the prosecution comes just days after this website revealed that Queensland Police wanted to send Illingworth to jail for up to 20 years on child-abuse charges over a video the F More..ederal Government’s own censors had classified MA15+. It raises questions about the Queensland Police investigation, the legal framework governing child-abuse offences and the decision to charge and prosecute Illingworth in the first place. A spokeswoman for the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions said: “This prosecution was discontinued yesterday after the matter was reviewed by the CDPP … taking into account all of the circumstances involved including the classification given to the material by the Classification Board.” But the decision was bittersweet for Illingworth, 61, a father of four who was looking forward to his chance to be proven innocent in court. “I thought I’d be excited but I would’ve been more excited to go into court because I knew I’d done nothing wrong, and they’ve taken that privilege away from me,” he said on the phone today. Illingworth said he was determined to take legal action against all parties involved in charging him but would take legal advice before proceeding. He also called for an official inquiry into the matter. He said the …
Be sure a public apology is in the settlement man.
Sorry you had to endure such bullshit, child abuse video or not, you should never have been put in this position to begin with.
Glad to here that the drama is at an end.
I would like to know how it is that an Argos member did not know much about the Internet. It would seem that a Argos member should know since part of their activities are to use the Internet to catch criminals.
Glad to hear this turned out ok for you! – sucks that you had to go through it all in the first place thou
thankfuly common sense provailed. bloody stupid pigs, hopefully they lose thier badges for it