 He claimed that the ban breached Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights and was disproportionate.Wingrove's case was supported by the notable figures such as authors Salman Rushdie and Fay Weldon, and film director Derek Jarman, however The Court dismissed the claim and accepted that the criminal law of blasphemy, as it was applied in England, did not infringe the right to freedom of expression under Article 10.In 1994, Wingrove had also contested the BBFC's refusal to grant a certificate to the films "Bare Behind Bars", "Demoniac (aka Exorcism, 1974)" and "Sadomania" at the Video Appeals Committee, though without success.