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They argued at a meeting with CPS lawyers on Wednesday that such an image on the Inter-net would have automatically led to indecency charges.

They reluctantly accepted that some of the other controversial pictures could be categorised as 'contemporary art'. The exhibition, entitled 'I am a Camera', features the work of notorious American photographers Nan Goldin and Tierney Gearon, who uses her own children, aged six and four, as models. The controversial gallery is owned by advertising mogul Charles Saatchi, 57.ĭetectives had recommended corporate charges under the Protection of Children Act 1978. The decision not to prosecute was taken by a senior CPS lawyer, whose view would have been endorsed by Director of Public Prosecutions, David Calvert-Smith QC. Police fear that a dangerous precedent has been set which will help lawyers representing sex offenders. The gallery had taken the unusual step of hiring a high-powered legal team, including one of the country's top barristers, Geoffrey Robertson, QC, to argue its case in a written submission to the DPP.Ī CPS spokesman last night said lawyers believed there was no realistic prospect of a conviction. 'The CPS considered whether the photographs in question were indecent and the likely defence of the gallery, ie whether they had a legitimate reason for showing them,' the spokesman said. Last night the Saatchi Gallery - where the pictures have remained on show throughout the investigation - joined the two artists in issuing a statement expressing their delight and relief.