The applicant sought to restrain transmission of material involving the notorious murderer Nilsen.
Held: ‘The broadcasting of an interview with Dennis Nilsen carries with it to all the dangers which the Home Office policy is designed to guard against, namely the possibility of causing distress, enhancing notoriety and encouraging sensationalist journalism. It is, of course, a wholly different matter for such material to be used in support of research by professionals into the detection of criminals . . . I . . . accept that the policy as a general policy is right.’
Judges:
Aldous J
Citations:
[1993] EMLR 253
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Nilsen, Regina (on the Application of) v Governor of HMP Full Sutton and Another Admn 19-Dec-2003
The prisoner complained that having written an autobiography, the manuscript materials had been withheld, and that this interfered with his rights of freedom of expression.
Held: Such an action by the prison authorities was not incompatible . .
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Prisons, Media
Updated: 12 May 2022; Ref: scu.190149