A DISGRACED south London doctor has walked free from court after being convicted for a second time of having a stash of "extreme" pornography, including a video of a man having sex with a snake, reports Your Local Guardian.

GP Cyprian Okoro, 55, "betrayed" the high standards of his profession and was lucky not to have been jailed over his collection of obscene videos sent to him via WhatsApp, a judge said.

Following a retrial ordered by the Court of Appeal, the doctor was handed six months in custody suspended for 12 months and ordered to re-sign the sex offenders' register.

The court had heard how Okoro had five videos of a "grossly offensive, disgusting or otherwise obscene character" on his Samsung phone.

They featured women having sex with dogs, a man having sex with a snake and a woman having sex with a horse, the court heard.

Okoro also had an indecent video of a two-year-old boy, which was among images moved from his photo gallery into a password-protected "vault" app on his phone.

The defendant, of Cameron Place, Streatham, denied five charges of possessing extreme pornography and one of possessing an indecent image of a child.

In mitigation, Stephen Akinsanya said it was "regrettable" that such a man had lost his good character and possibly his career.

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HUNDREDS of children were evacuated after a Porsche exploded into flames outside a school, the Sutton Guardian reports.

The expensive convertible was completely gutted by flames near to Homefield Preparatory School in Western Road.

Police and fire crews were called to reports of an explosion just after 9.10am. London Fire Brigade (LFB) sent one crew from Sutton station.

A firefighter said the blaze had been caused by a mechanical defect.

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A FAMOUS piece of art which had been on public display for 40 years has been removed because it "distressed children", reports Gazette News.

The Crucifixion of Mankind by Connor Barrett had hung in Colchester library for decades but has now been removed and "temporarily" put into storage.

When Colchester High Steward Sir Bob Russell asked why the wall hanging had been removed, he was told it was due to the "graphic depiction of a baby impaled on a sword which has distressed parents and children".

Sir Bob described the act as censorship and said he wanted answers as to who had complained and where the Crucifixion of Mankind would go next - and when.

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He put in an inquiry into Essex County Council after seeing the art work had gone missing.