Honest question: What justification does Britain offer for a gag order on putting anyone in jail?
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Journalists attend and write stories about trials, but the stories aren't published until the case is over. See here for some instances where papers have got into trouble http://uklawstudent.thomsonreuters.com/2011/12/duncan-bloy-contempt-of-court-and-media-publications/ …
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If reporting on one case might influence another case, it is possible under the 1981 act for the judge to order that the first case be subject to the normal reporting restrictions after it ends and until the second case, which it affects, ends also.
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I fully expect to see the case you are referring to very fully reported on front pages of newspapers and on TV, the day the trial ends. That is normal. The rules apply to all jury trials in England.
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Here is a very recent story you might have seen, as it got a lot of coverage. As is normal, the story was only published once the trial was over. Nobody would have heard anything in the media while the trial was going on.https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/may/23/birmingham-woman-jailed-duping-daughter-forced-marriage …
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Thanks.
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