They argued at a meeting with CPS lawyers on Wednesday that such an image on the Inter-net would have automatically led to indecency charges. They reluctantly accepted that some of the other controversial pictures could be categorised as 'contemporary art'.
The exhibition, entitled 'I am a Camera', features the work of notorious American photographers Nan Goldin and Tierney Gearon, who uses her own children, aged six and four, as models. The controversial gallery is owned by advertising mogul Charles Saatchi, 57.ĭetectives had recommended corporate charges under the Protection of Children Act 1978. The decision not to prosecute was taken by a senior CPS lawyer, whose view would have been endorsed by Director of Public Prosecutions, David Calvert-Smith QC.
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