Councillor Quits after Child Porn Quiz; MAN CAUTIONED BY POLICE AFTER IMAGES FOUND ON WORK COMPUTER
Byline: ARRYN BUGGINS
A SOUTH Warwickshire councillor has quit after being cautioned by police for downloading child pornography from the internet.
Christopher Pilkington resigned his seat as Tory member for Vale of the Red Horse on Stratford District Council last week, despite only being re-elected to his seat in May.
He said it was because of other work commitments.
His resignation could cost his group control of the council.
Mr Pilkington, aged 38, of Badgers Lane, Lower Tysoe, works at NFU Mutual's Stratford headquarters and is a deputy churchwarden.
He claims to have no idea how the images came to be on his computer, …
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Article title: Councillor Quits after Child Porn Quiz; MAN CAUTIONED BY POLICE AFTER IMAGES FOUND ON WORK COMPUTER.
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Newspaper title: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England).
Publication date: August 13, 2002.
Page number: 3.
© 2009 Coventry Newpapers.
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