Jailed court photo teen loses dog

Release Date 27 Sep, 2011 in BBC News

 
   

Jailed court photo teen loses dog

BBC News - 27 Sep, 2011
A puppy left at a flat in Luton after its teenage owner was jailed for taking photographs of court proceedings has been rescued. Paul Thompson, 19, was spotted taking pictures on his BlackBerry phone at Luton Crown Court on Friday and jailed after ...

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 - ‎Sep 26, 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 ...

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 ...

Photography and Contempt of Court

New Statesman (blog) - David Allen Green - 27 Sep, 2011
Yesterday it was reported that Paul Thompson was sent to prison for two months, just for taking a photograph in court with his Blackberry. It was a classic "Bad Law" news story, the sort of piece which will make the reader think that the "law is an ...

Teen jailed for taking photo in court has to give up dog

Luton Today - 27 Sep, 2011
A TEENAGER jailed on Friday for taking a photograph in a courtroom has had to give up the dog he had bought the previous day, his brother says. Paul Thompson, 19, was given a two-month prison term after he was spotted taking a picture during a hearing ...

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

Daily Mail - Chris Parsons - ‎Sep 26, 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 ...

Merely snapping yourself in UK court premises can land you in jail!

Newstrack India - 27 Sep, 2011
London, Sept 27(ANI): A teenager has been jailed for two months for merely taking a photograph of a court premises using his Blackberry phone.aul Thompson, 19, who had been watching a friend's robbery trial, took a quick snap of Luton Crown Court to ...

 

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