Whilst there could come a point at which material published about a forthcoming trial was so detrimental to the interests of an accused person that a fair trial might become impossible, there could never be actual proof of the ‘poisoning’ of the ‘well of truth’. The Lord Advocate decided not to continue with a prosecution on account of prejudicial publicity.
Citations:
1978 JC 48
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Her Majesty’s Advocate v William Frederick Ian Beggs (Opinion No 2) HCJ 21-Sep-2001
The defendant complained that an article published on the Internet was a contempt of court in that it prejudiced his trial for murder by reference inter alia to previous proceedings against him. There were others also. The court was aksed whether . .
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Scotland
Updated: 15 July 2022; Ref: scu.248471