A supplier of gay pornography has achieved the first successful not guilty plea to a charge under the Obscene Publications Act 1959. Mr Peacock runs an online mail order business and supplied gay pornography to an undercover vice officer. He was charged with six counts of obscene publication. The jury found that customers had not been depraved and corrupted by material that had been expressly asked for and contained consensual sexual acts. The
article claims that obscenity law is now out of date, confusing and irrelevant in today’s society.