THE prosecution of the "Bolton Seven" on charges of gross indecency was condemned in Parliament today as unfair and discriminatory.

Now the police and the Crown Prosecution Services are being urged to be more careful in how they use the law in cases involving consenting homosexuals.

It follows the conviction of seven men at Bolton Crown Court after they were involved at a private home in the making a gay porn film. But human rights campaigners claim that the decision to prosecute the men for taking part willingly breached the European Convention on Human Rights.

Now a Commons Motion expressing "grave concern" over the case has been tabled by Liberal Democrat Health Spokesman Dr Evan Harris.

And Dr Harris claims that the Bolton Seven case raises far wider issues affecting gay men across the country.

Attacking the decision to prosecute, he says the men were consenting adults whose actions took place on private property, and that there were no victims.

The prosecution was brought under Britain's Age of Consent legislation, but Dr Harris also says that those laws have been found to be in breach of basic human rights by the European Commission of Human Rights.

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