Watkins LJ discussed the offence of blasphemous libel in the context of a dramatic work: ‘in our opinion a statement will not necessarily be prevented from being a blasphemous libel simply because the statement is put into the mouth of a character, even a disreputable character, in a novel.’
Judges:
Watkins LJ
Citations:
[1991] 1 QB 429
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Green, Regina (on the Application of) v The City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court, Thoday, Thompson Admn 5-Dec-2007
The claimant appealed from the refusal by the magistrate to issue summonses for the prosecution for blashemous libel of the Director General of the BBC and the producers of a show entitled ‘Jerry Springer – The Opera.’
Held: The gist of the . .
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Crime
Updated: 25 October 2022; Ref: scu.261812
