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Del Naja cleared



http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=768&e=1&cid=769&u=/nm/20030321/music_nm/crime_massive_dc

British Musician Cleared of Child Porn Charges

LONDON (Reuters) - A member of British dance group Massive Attack was cleared on Friday of all charges relating to Internet pornography offences, police said.

Robert Del Naja -- known to fans as 3D -- was arrested on February 25 in his home city of Bristol as part of Operation Ore, a year-long nationwide crackdown on Internet child pornography.

"All charges have been dropped against a man in his 30s from Bristol because of insufficient evidence," a spokeswoman for Avon and Somerset police told Reuters.

De Naja, 36, has always denied the allegations.

"I have never looked at child pornography in my life" he told the Sun newspaper at the time of his arrest.

"I am fully co-operating with the police and I would ask everyone not to judge me prematurely. I have total faith in the justice system," he said.

Massive Attack are best known for their hit single "Unfinished Sympathy" off their 1991 critically acclaimed Blue Lines album. Other hits include "Protection" and "Teardrop."

De Naja was recently in the press for joining anti-war protesters and lobbying the government against the military campaign in Iraq (news - web sites).






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