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Telegraph, Mail Remove Stories At Judge's Request
- The Guardian , Thursday, July 19, 2012 1:57 PM
On the sidelines of the Simon Harwood trial the judge, Mr Justice Fulford, has been focusing on how high-profile cases are reported in the internet age, making decision with potentially far-reaching significance for the media. Fulford referred in general terms to Harwood's previously chequered disciplinary record, information which, he had already ruled, the jury should not be told. The judge was worried that if jurors stumbled across such details it could influence a decision supposed based purely on what happens in court, a key aspect of the contempt of court law.
