Published Date:
20 November 2007
By JACK DOYLE
CHRIS Langham, the award-winning actor, last night said that he was being "compassionate and sympathetic" when he looked at the child porn that put him in jail.
Langham, 58, who was released from prison last week, denied he had any sexual interest in children, but admitted that looking at the images was "completely wrong".
In an interview with Sky News, the disgraced star of The Thick Of It described how a chance call from a friend was the only thing that stopped him killing himself.
He repeated the claim made at his trial that he downloaded child pornography to inspire his writing.
He said: "Because I knew I was doing it in a compassionate and sympathetic way, I didn't feel ... a bad person, but I knew it was against the law."
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Last Updated:
19 November 2007 9:31 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
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Related Topics:
Paedophilia
