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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2003/may/08/arts.ukcrime
The rock star Pete Townshend was yesterday cautioned by police and placed on the --- offenders register for five years following his admission that he accessed child pornography on the internet.
Townshend, 57, received the caution at Kingston police station in south-west London for "accessing a website containing child abuse images".
He was arrested in January as part of Operation Ore, the largest investigation into child pornography in the UK. He admitted using his credit card to access images but claimed they were for "research" for a book.
Scotland Yard said in a statement: "At 12.00 today the musician Pete Townshend was formally cautioned for accessing a website containing child abuse images in 1999.
The rock star Pete Townshend was yesterday cautioned by police and placed on the --- offenders register for five years following his admission that he accessed child pornography on the internet.
Townshend, 57, received the caution at Kingston police station in south-west London for "accessing a website containing child abuse images".
He was arrested in January as part of Operation Ore, the largest investigation into child pornography in the UK. He admitted using his credit card to access images but claimed they were for "research" for a book.
Scotland Yard said in a statement: "At 12.00 today the musician Pete Townshend was formally cautioned for accessing a website containing child abuse images in 1999.