Tom O'Carroll
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Tom O'Carroll (born c. 1945[1]) is a British writer and controversial activist for pedophilia and the "childlove" movement, being one of the founding members of the now defunct Paedophile Information Exchange (PIE). O'Carroll gained notoriety in 1980 when he published Paedophilia: The Radical Case, a book that pushed for the normalization of adult-child sexual relationships. In 1981 he was convicted for "conspiracy to corrupt public morals" over the contact ads section of the PIE magazine and was imprisoned, and once again in 2002 on charges of evading a prohibition on the importation of indecent photographs of children stemming from photographs that O'Carroll sent back to England when he returned from Qatar. He was working on a book on Michael Jackson.
Later, O'Carroll was arrested once more on suspicion of conspiring to distribute indecent photographs of children after a Met police officer posed as a paedophile to collect evidence.[2] He was arraigned 1 June 2006 on charges of making, possessing, and distributing child pornography. [3] In September 2006, he admitted to two counts of distributing indecent images.[1]
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- ^ a b "Pair admit to child porn charges," September 2006, BBC.
- ^ "Paedos' champ arrested", The Sun, Mike Sullivan, date unknown
- ^ "Police charge man over child sex ring", by Olivia Richwald, The Northern Echo, 1 June 2006
