Two Leeds United footballers were on trial for assaulting an Asian student. The newspaper chose to publish an interview with the victim’s father.
Held: The article was a deliberate contempt. a fine of andpound;75,000 was imposed in respect of articles in the Sunday Mirror which were published in breach of the strict liability rule. The gravity of the contempt was at the top end of the range of strict liability contempts, but there were mitigating factors, in particular the company’s good record and its acceptance of the fact that it had erred.
Citations:
(2002) EWHC 907
Cited by:
See also – HM Attorney General v MGN Ltd Admn 23-Jun-2009
The respondent admitted contempt in its article about a man awaiting trial for a notorious murder in Bradford. The court considered the appropriate penalty. The defendant had intended to apply for a stay of the proceedings as an abuse. The paper had . .
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Contempt of Court, Criminal Sentencing
Updated: 02 May 2022; Ref: scu.416224