Child porn: Indictment filed against foreigner
 

BY SANDASEN Marasinghe

INDICTMENT was filed against a foreigner before the Colombo High Court for possessing floppy diskettes containing obscene photographs of children and distributing them.

Walter Thomas May was indicted for the possession of floppy diskettes containing obscene and indecent photographs of children and for distribution at Kollupitiya on or around April 23, 2004.

Walter Thomas, 60, in his statement denied the allegations against him and stated that he came to Sri Lanka twice and visited many places including Anuradhapura and Kandy. He visited these places with Sri Lankans including families that he became friendly during his stay.

He gave them dinners at hotels at times. He also stated that he was a financial adviser for private firms in USA since 1980. Earlier he was a teacher. He was a resident at Whitmun Road, Lougmeagow, Massachusetts, USA.

The indictment consists four productions including the suspect's travel passport and 10 witnesses including officers of the National Child Protection Authority.