Update on Raise the Colours man on trial for ‘child porn’

Cullen was due to appear before a jury at Reading Crown Court on July 1 having been charged with three counts of making indecent child images.

The 45-year-old, who led the Oxfordshire wing of the hard-right-backed movement, was accused of making 22 indecent category A photographs, including one moving image, in Wallingford on March 25, 2021.

He is also accused of making indecent pseudo-photographs, namely 36 Category B images of children at the same place and on the same date as well as making 20 Category C images of children.

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Cullen, who lives in Wallingford, was spotted in Reading Crown Court on Wednesday, July 1 ahead of the trial, but this will now start on Thursday. The jury has been sworn in.

Raise the Colours Oxfordshire has been putting up flags across the county, from Wallingford to Wantage and from Oxford to Witney.

Earlier this month, Oxfordshire County Council won an injunction against the group and four members including Cullen to stop putting up flags.

Oxfordshire County Council said it brought legal action to stop people raising flags near highways, saying it involved safety risks, as well as trespass and obstruction.

After a short hearing at the High Court where the group represented themselves, the group members agreed not to put up more flags, not to encourage others to do so, and not to obstruct any council worker or contractor taking them down.