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Human rights saves porn man
Jun 29 2001
By Staff Reporter, Birmingham Post
No action will be taken against a council worker alleged to have downloaded porn using a computer because officials have broken the law by breaching his human rights.
Walsall Council has been told serious disciplinary action is not an option because it "acted illegally by intercepting communications".
Council leader Mike Bird said he was outraged by the employ-ee's alleged improper use of the terminal.
He claimed: "My information is that he was downloading porn from a terminal in council offices and that we have recovered a volume of stuff.
"But what is absolutely outrageous about this is that we cannot take any serious disciplinary action against him because the union say we acted illegally by intercepting communications in breach of his human rights.
