AN ACCUSED CHILD RAPIST FROM KINGSPORT HAS HAD HIS MOTION TO SUPRESS EVIDENCE AT HIS TRIAL DENIED BY A SULLIVAN COUNTY JUDGE. DONALD LYNCH ALONG WITH HIS PUBLIC DEFENDER TRIED TO GET EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM THROWN OUT. THE EVIDENCE IN QUESTION WAS 15 VHS TAPES CONTAINING CHILD PORN THAT WHICH WAS OBTAINED BY POLICE IN THE FIRST SEARCH OF HIS HOME. JUDGE JERRY SCOTT RULED IN FAVOR OF THE STATE, THUS ALLOWING THE EVIDENCE TO BE USED IN LYNCH’S UPCOMING TRIAL ON JUNE 9TH. A MOTION WAS FILED BY LYNCH’S ATTORNEY FOR A CHANGE OF VENUE, BUT THE JUDGE SAID HE WOULD CONSIDER THAT MOTION ONCE JURY SELECTION IS STARTED NEXT MONTH.