A stunning reversal for police and prosecution in North Wales may herald the beginning of the end for controversial legislation on possession of extreme porn.

The case, scheduled to be heard yesterday in Mold Crown Court, was the culmination of a year-long nightmare for Andrew Robert Holland, of Coedpoeth, Wrexham, Clwyd as the CPS declined to offer any evidence, and he left court a free man. The saga began last summer when, following a tip-off, police raided Holland's home looking for indecent images of children. They found none, but they did find two clips, one involving a woman purportedly having sex with a tiger, and one which is believed to have depicted sado-masochistic activity between adults.

Despite Holland's protests that he had no interest in the material, and that it had been sent to him unsolicited "as a joke", he was charged with possessing extreme porn. In a first court appearance in January of this year, the "tiger porn" charge was dropped when prosecuting counsel discovered the volume control and at the end of the action heard the tiger turn to camera and say: "That beats doing adverts for a living."

Typical of police.

Making fools of themselves.

DID NOT check all the evidence........

I wondered what Tiggs was doing when he wasn't making ads for frosties.

I wondered what Tiggs was doing when he wasn't making ads for frosties.

That's where he's been !!!!

How do they get him to stay on the outside of the box ?

I thought this was about Tiger Woods.

Was the Tiger wearing socks?

they didnt notice it was a guy in a tiger costume? i wonder what they were busy watching then?

I guess I shouldn't be posting pictures of my pet tiger... Nothing surprises me with some over zealous authorities.

I feel sorry for Andrew Robert Holland. He was a Whisker away from going tp jail and this could have had a CAT-astrophic effect on his life. Another PURR-fect example of negligence by the men in blue.

He just clawed his way back from having to wear stripes for a long period.