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Press gagging order on witness identity

Title
Press gagging order on witness identity
Genre
News report; Interview
TX Date
6 Feb 1984
Year of production
1984
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Duration
00:03:23
Description
Report on the National Union of Journalists challenging the ban on the Old Bailey ban on naming the victim of a kidnapping case (Miss X, a member of a prominent public family) in the press to protect her from adverse publicity, with ensuing concerns over freedom of the press. The kidnappers in the case were Claudius Pierre-Louis and Tracey Timpson. With comment from Deputy General Secretary of the NUJ, Jake Ecclestone(?). Male reporter not identified (poss. Tim Crook).
Further information
LBC reporter Tim Crook later led a successful High Court attempt (supported by the NUJ) to overturn the banning of Miss X’s identity. See The Guardian (08/11/84), p. 4.
Contributors
Tim Crook?; Jake Ecclestone(?)
Keywords
Newspapers; Law; Press; Freedom of the press; Courts; Trials; Identity; Witnesses; Press ethics; Claudius Pierre-Louis; Tracey Timpson

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