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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