CHRIS LANGHAM - LANGHAM ON SUICIDE WATCH

LANGHAM ON SUICIDE WATCH

LATEST: British comedy star CHRIS LANGHAM is on suicide watch in jail after telling a jury he wanted "to die". Langham was convicted on Thursday (02Aug07) of 15 child pornography charges, after the jury at Maidstone Crown Court in England rejected his claims images he downloaded from the internet were simply for research. He was taken from court to Elmley Prison on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, but authorities there fear for his life after he expressed suicidal thoughts during his trial. Langham will remain there until sentencing under close surveillance after defence counsel David Whitehouse's pleas for his client to be freed on bail were rejected. Thursday's verdict also saw the 58-year-old acquitted on six counts of indecent assault on a girl under 18, who had accused the actor of taking her virginity when she was just 14-years-old. In a statement read by his solicitor Angus MCBride, Langham said, "I'm delighted my name has been cleared on the charges I have consistently denied. I've been found guilty of the charges I made admissions on from the moment of my first arrest." Langham will be sentenced on 14 September (07).