POLICE and trading watchdogs warned East Lancashire's pedlars of porn and video nasties: "We are coming to get you".
It followed the Government crackdown on screen violence and renting unsuitable videos to under 18s.
The new rules would mean sadistic or gratuitous horror films such as Child's Play 3, linked to the murder of toddler James Bulger, would be banned.
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