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Last Updated: Tuesday, 28 December, 2004, 14:22 GMT
Thousands sign up to web porn ban
Jane Longhurst
Jane Longhurst's killer frequently visited violent porn websites
More than 30,000 people are backing calls for a ban on violent sex web sites, following a campaign by the mother of a murdered Brighton woman.

Jane Longhurst, 31, was strangled to death by Graham Coutts at his home in Hove, East Sussex, in March 2003.

He had visited such web sites before carrying out the attack.

Ms Longhurst's mother Liz, of Reading, Berkshire, is leading a campaign to see them blocked, and said she hoped the new year would bring a ban much closer.

The Brighton Pavilion MP, David Lepper, is expected to raise the issue with the home secretary.

He has acknowledged that the logistics of banning violent pornographic websites would be difficult, but said he and the family of Jane Longhurst would continue with the campaign.

Coutts, 36, of Waterloo Street, Hove, who was jailed for life in February, is appealing against his conviction and sentence.




SEE ALSO:
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12 Mar 04 |  England


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