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Final delay in adopted dad’s molestation hearing

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The English software designer accused of molesting a 9-year-old boy he was in the process of adopting and possessing lewd photographs depicting children involved in bestiality was warned he will receive no more delays to his preliminary hearing.

Tarquin Craig Thomas, 42, was ordered back to court Aug. 6 to set a new preliminary hearing date but both the defense and prosecutions were chastised for the number of delays.

Thomas actually has two cases; the first involving his foster son for which he is facing five charges of molestation and the new case which includes 49 counts of molestation and possession of obscene material which is trailing behind his initial five charges. The first case is set for jury trial Nov. 10 although the two may be consolidated at some point.

The latest allegations came to light after a woman cleaning out Tarquin’s home following his arrest found a computer disk allegedly containing images of three boys who had a mentoring relationship with Thomas and some of the images involved contact with an animal.

At the time, the Barclays investment firm employee was already in custody on charges he sexually and physically abused an Oregon foster child he was adopting.

After the boy returned to Oregon, Thomas allegedly kept tabs on him through a global tracking device hidden in a framed print of them together and made plans to take the boy with him to the United Kingdom.

Thomas remains in custody on no-bail status.

2008 Jun 25