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| Former aide to David Cameron cleared over two images of girls | Former aide to David Cameron cleared over two images of girls |
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| A former aide to David Cameron has been cleared of two counts of downloading indecent images of girls. The jury is still considering 18 other counts. | A former aide to David Cameron has been cleared of two counts of downloading indecent images of girls. The jury is still considering 18 other counts. |
| Patrick Rock, 65, admitted downloading 20 pictures of nine girls to his computer from a free-to-view website over three days in August 2013 but denied they were indecent. | |
| A brief trial on Tuesday centred solely on whether the images, which included girls aged 10 to 16 posing in bikinis, hot pants and a bra, broke the law. | A brief trial on Tuesday centred solely on whether the images, which included girls aged 10 to 16 posing in bikinis, hot pants and a bra, broke the law. |
| On Wednesday the jury of six men and six women at Southwark crown court in London decided that two of the pictures – of girls aged 14 and 11 respectively at the time of download – did not. | On Wednesday the jury of six men and six women at Southwark crown court in London decided that two of the pictures – of girls aged 14 and 11 respectively at the time of download – did not. |
| The jurors resumed deliberations on the remaining counts. | The jurors resumed deliberations on the remaining counts. |