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Most members of PIE were not prosecuted for many years after the network officially closed.

Most members of PIE were not prosecuted for many years after the network officially closed.

Stephen Smith (alias Stephen Freeman) fled to Holland in 1984 to escape trial on child pornography charges, but was extradited in 1991 and was jailed for 18 months. He admitted publishing an obscene magazine and sending it through the post in 1982. He also faced charges of molesting a 10-year-old boy. Smith was defended by Adrian Fulford, a barrister who later became a QC and then Britain's first openly [[homosexual]] judge. There was no proof that Fulford was ever a member of PIE but he regularly acted as its defence lawyers in prosecutions.

Stephen Smith (alias Stephen Freeman) fled to Holland in 1984 to escape trial on child pornography charges, but was extradited in 1991 and was jailed for 18 months. He admitted publishing an obscene magazine and sending it through the post in 1982. He also faced charges of molesting a 10-year-old boy. Smith was defended by Adrian Fulford, a barrister who later became a QC and then Britain's first openly [[homosexual]] judge. There is no proof that Fulford was ever a member of PIE but he regularly acted as its defence lawyer in prosecutions.

<ref> Times, 16 December 1991</ref>

<ref> Times, 16 December 1991</ref>

Michael Ingram was a serial abuser of boys who was finally convicted in 2000, but committed suicide before being sentenced.

Michael Ingram was a serial abuser of boys who was finally convicted in 2000, but committed suicide before being sentenced.

Warren Middleton was finally jailed in 2011, alongside Steven Adrian Smith, Barry Cutler, John Morrison and Leo Adamson- all for offences relating to child abuse images.  

Warren Middleton was finally jailed in 2011, alongside Steven Adrian Smith, Barry Cutler, John Morrison and Leo Adamson- all for offences relating to child abuse images.

 

 

 

 

 

 

==Continued Influence of PIE==

==Continued Influence of PIE==