Tuesday, 22. April 2003
The Trojan did it - Possession of child pornography
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9023
A MAN ACCUSED of having pornographic pictures of children on his PC was
acquitted yesterday after a court heard that his machine was infected with
a Trojan on his PC which probably auto-downloaded the images. The
acquittal followed expert testimony that said an examination of the hard
drive belonging to Karl Schofield was infected with the Trojan and that
was responsible for the downloads, an argument accepted by the prosecution
service in Reading, in the UK.
Mr Schofield had denied making indecent images and claimed the Trojan
might have infected his PC either through email or from pop up adverts.
The expert testified that the Trojan arrived on Mr Schofield's system the
day before the images appeared. In the run up to the case, according to
the Reading Evening Post, Mr Schofield suffered vigilante attacks and had
to first hide in his home then move away to avoid continued attacks.
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