The Blogger, Girls Aloud, and the Law...

A civil servant is being prosecuted under the Obscene Publications Act for a blog in which he allegedly details the kidnap and murder of Girls Aloud. 

The case of Darryn Walker, 35, is being seen as one of the most significant on censorship since Lady Chatterley's Lover. 

It is one of the first involving the written word in recent years and is expected to be the first test of the law since pornographic material became widely available on the internet. 

Walker is accused of posting the article on a fantasy porn website. 

It allegedly described in detail the kidnap, mutilation, rape and murder of Girls Aloud members Cheryl Cole, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh. 

Headlined 'Girls (Scream) Aloud' it is said to have run to 12 pages. More...

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