Can We Now Discuss This Case?

[anotheoldgit]

ABSpareEditor

I don't know if this was the story that we can't debate on, but according to the Daily Mail reporting restrictions were lifted this afternoon.

[NoMercy]

Have you got a link, AOG?

[Jackdaw33]

Link?

[Sqad]

LOL...oh! dear.

[Postdog]

My God, he thinks the Daily Mail is a reliable news source!

[Barmaid]

Obviously it is for Ab Editor to decide but I would wait until the actual judgement has been published (due imminently) before any such comment is permitted. At the moment there is only the say so from various online sources.

[Jackdaw33]

This seems a reliable source:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-44287640

[Sqad]

Is that what all the fuss was about?.................

[ToraToraTora]

gawd elp us, is this what all the cloak and dagger stuff was about!! PMSL!

[Gromit]

The Tommy Robinson imprisoning for Contempt of Court can now be discussed after the ban on reporting it was lifted, after an a legal challenge by the Journalists.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/tommy-robinson-jailed-contempt-court-facebook-live-video-stephen-yaxley-lennon-a8374121.html

However, the case at Leeds Court is still subject to Reporting Restrictions, so you must not go into any specifics of that case. So please be careful what you say.

[Mamyalynne]

I just hope for those in the vicinity they aren't going to chant until he's released.

[Gromit]

It has all the hallmarks of a publicity stunt.

- He knew about the reporting restrictions.
- He had been successfully prosecuted for the same offence last year, so knew what he was doing was illegal.

[anotheoldgit]

Sorry for not supplying a link, but I had to be careful not to mention the case, just in case I got hold of the wrong end of the stick.

But thanks to Jackdaw33, he wasn't so timid, but one has to be so careful these days, there's loads of egg shells around.

[Mamyalynne]

It's difficult to see what more can be said really, he did what he did and he's where he is now because of it.

I take no pleasure from that, it's just a fact.

[sp1814]

AOG

What did you want to discuss?

Over and above what wasn't discussed on the threads that were pulled from AB over the weekend.

[vetuste_ennemi]

From Gromit's link:

//Making a clear distinction between “legitimate journalism” and Robinson’s activism while sentencing him, Judge Heather Norton said: “This contempt hearing is not about free speech. This is not about the freedom of the press. This is not about legitimate journalism; this is not about political correctness; this is not about whether one political viewpoint is right or another. It is about justice, and it is about ensuring that a trial can be carried out justly and fairly.”//

So it's about "justice", eh?

Can you remember seeing Rolf Harris going into court? I can. All the media were filming and reporting that case, weren't they?

So the difference between that case and this one is...?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5782667/EDL-founder-Tommy-Robinson-jailed-13-months.html

[vetuste_ennemi]

Ah, I notice that my quote is from the earlier Canterbury case and the suspended sentence, not from the case decided by Judge Marson resulting in the 13 month sentence.

[anotheoldgit]

This from Gromit's Independant link.

Supporters of the far-right figurehead have protested over his imprisonment and the reporting restrictions, using them to claim the "establishment" was attempting to silence his views.

Donald Trump Jr, the US President's son, shared a tweet from a Robinson supporter with the comment "don't let America follow in those footsteps", while foreign politicians including Dutch opposition leader Geert Wilders have called for his release.

[sp1814]

AOG

If there are reporting restrictions on an ongoing court case, you cannot take it upon yourself to talk about it on the Internet.

You just can't do that.

It would be the same as if Tommy Robinson found out the addresses of Jamie Bulgers' killers, and decided to tweet it.

You can't do that.

It's not a freedom of speech thing. It's a legal thing. He broke the law, so he went to jail.

[sp1814]

AOG

//Dutch opposition leader Geert Wilders have called for his release.//

Are you saying that you agree with European politicians interfering with our judicial process?

Did you vote to remain???