The jury did not know this was not the first time Mr McIntosh had been accused of being a pedophile. ANDREW DEAN McINTOSH had a dream and a budget - $500,000 to make a short feature film with more than a nodding resemblance to The Blue Lagoon.īut nude footage of the 'bronzed Aussie' boys he was testing for the film, whom he took on a $25,000 filming expedition to Vanuatu in April 2005, cast the 50-year-old filmmaker in a different light.Īfter a six-week trial, a District Court jury took just 4½ hours this week to acquit Mr McIntosh of possessing child pornography, aggravated assault and committing acts of indecency on a person under 16 outside Australia.
