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PETE TOWNSEND (WHO) ARRESTED FOR CHILD PORN
Townshend bailed in pedophilia inquiry Police have bailed Pete Townshend, after more than an hour of questioning at Twickenham police station in connection with child pornography offences. The 57-year-old guitarist was arrested under the Protection of Children Act 1978 before being driven into the police station. Police had carried out a search of The Who guitarist's home in Richmond after the star said he wanted police to check his computer for child pornography. Townshend's solicitor, John Cohen, gave a statement outside the police station shortly after midnight, as the rock legend was driven away. He said: "Mr Townshend has been interviewed this evening by police. He has not been charged with anything and has been bailed to a future date when he may be required to answer some questions." He added: "He is going home to get some rest. He is tired but all right." As the statement was being read Townshend was spotted leaving the police station lying down on the back seat of a Mercedes, partially covered by what appeared to be a bag or a coat. His solicitor said he had been questioned by police for an hour and 20 minutes. The 57-year-old had said he used his credit card on one occasion to look at a website advertising child porn "purely to see what was there" and that he found paedophilia appalling. His London mansion and office were searched by police after his name was included in a list of 7,000 people in Britain whose identities were passed on to British police by the American authorities who smashed a US pay-per-view service. Scotland Yard confirmed the guitarist had been released on police bail but refused to say on which date he must return to a police station. 
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