A teacher had been tried and acquitted of sexual assaults on girls at his school. The court made an order restricting reporting to disallow identification of anyone involved. The paper now appealed from refusal after the trial to lift the restrictions so as to allow reporting of the evidence given by the defence witnesses, without naming them or publishing their image. It said that it had been criticised for publishing only the prosecution case.
Held: Permission for review refused.
[2021] EWCA Crim 1165
Bailii
Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – ITN News and Others v Regina CACD 21-May-2013
Anonymity benefits maintained
The news services challenged an anonymity order made under section 46 of the 1999 Act in the course of crown court proceedings to protect an adult witness.
Held: The CACD has jurisdiction to hear such an appeal by virtue of section 159 of the . .
Cited – In re S (a Child) (Identification: Restrictions on Publication) HL 28-Oct-2004
Inherent High Court power may restrain Publicity
The claimant child’s mother was to be tried for the murder of his brother by poisoning with salt. It was feared that the publicity which would normally attend a trial, would be damaging to S, and an application was made for reporting restrictions to . .
Cited – ITN News and Others v Regina CACD 21-May-2013
Anonymity benefits maintained
The news services challenged an anonymity order made under section 46 of the 1999 Act in the course of crown court proceedings to protect an adult witness.
Held: The CACD has jurisdiction to hear such an appeal by virtue of section 159 of the . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Updated: 31 July 2021; Ref: scu.666231