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Swiss couple gets seven years in jail
for making child pornography films
Syed Firdaus Ashraf in Mumbai |
March 29, 2003 13:10 IST
A Swiss couple -- William Albin (58) and Loshair Lily Marty (57) -- charged with making child pornography films were sentenced to seven years' imprisonment by the sessions court in Mumbai on Saturday.
They were arrested on December 16, 2000 from The Resort, a five-star hotel in suburban Malad in Mumbai. When the police raided their room, the duo was shooting a pornographic film with street children.
Defence lawyers had earlier urged the judge to give them conditional bail considering their age and the fact that they were in jail for almost two years. However, their bail plea was rejected on two occasions.
The prosecution had alleged that the couple lured kids with money and attractive clothes to perform sexual acts before the camera. The movies were then sold abroad.
William and Loshair, according to the prosecution, had visited India and neighbouring Bangladesh and Sri Lanka on several occasions in the past 10 years.
The Swiss citizens, however, denied all allegations and claimed to have visited India only as tourists. They claimed that they were falsely implicated and accused the police of digitally manipulating the seized pictures.
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Sub: Severe Punishment needed
They should be given a more longer sentence and should be asked to pay a heavier fine this would send a message to all others ...
Posted by Brian
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Sub: a related doubt
i have a doubt...if two adults concent to being filmed (for any purpose except that the material will not be commertialised in india itself), then ...
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Sub: govt do take some steps to prevent
let the govt take some drastic steps to prevent this street children from such harssment n some amount to be spent on their welfare in ...
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Sub: Swiss couple gets seven years imprisonment
Technology is moving forward and civilization backward. The only development you see in a human is the increase of bestial nature and development of sodomic ...
Posted by S. V. S. M. SASTRY
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Sub: Swiss couple gets seven years in jail
This is such a shame. This is not the first time this is happening in India where people from outside our country perform such shameful ...
Posted by Mady
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