Jail term for photographing courtroom. Wait, what?

Release Date 27 Sep, 2011 in CBS News

 
   

Jail term for photographing courtroom. Wait, what?

CBS News - Charles Cooper - 27 Sep, 2011
Write this episode into any discussion of mobile technology and its discontents. A judge in the United Kingdom has sentenced a 19-year-old man to a couple of months in prison for taking a shot of a suburban London courtroom proceeding with his ...

Technology in the dock as man imprisoned for taking photo in court

The Guardian (blog) - 27 Sep, 2011
The prime minister may have championed the principle of introducing cameras for sentencing in trials but judges remain jumpy when caught at the wrong end of a lens. Greater transparency for public services is clearly not the same as unauthorised ...

Teenager jailed over court photo

BBC News - 27 Sep, 2011
A teenager from Luton has been jailed for two months for taking a photograph of a courtroom from the public gallery during a hearing. Paul Thompson, 19, had gone to Luton Crown Court to support a friend facing a custodial sentence for robbing an ...

So that's why our prisons are full! Teenager jailed for TWO MONTHS for taking ...

Daily Mail - Chris Parsons - 27 Sep, 2011
A teenager who took a photograph inside a court using his Blackberry has been jailed for two months. Paul Thompson, 19, had been sitting in the public gallery at Luton Crown Court when he took a quick snap after receiving a message ...

Teenager jailed for taking photo in a courtroom

Mirror.co.uk - Greig Box-Turnbull - ‎Sep 25, 2011‎
A TEENAGER who took a photograph in court on his BlackBerry phone has been jailed for two months. Paul Thompson was sitting in the public gallery on Friday when he received a message from a girl asking ...

 

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