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Thursday, 28 July 2016 - 09:24

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Child porn found on Vught prisoner

Discs containing child pornography was discovered in the Vught prison cell of a man who is serving a seven year sentence for, among other things, the possession of child pornography, the Public Prosecutor announced on Wednesday. The police launched an investigation after the directorate of the penitentiary reported that the presence of the discs. It is unclear how the man came by the discs. The police investigation should reveal this. The penitentiary also launched an internal investigation. The man was sentenced to 7 years in prison and institutionalized psychiatric treatment in 2014 after being convicted of sexual abuse of children, possession and manufacture of child pornography.

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