Wednesday, 16 March 2011

CS 3 - a man vs Sunday Times

  • clause 6 is broken as he 14 year old was disturbed during his school education and he shouldnt have been interviewed involving another childs welfare (potentially). similarly if the claim about the money is true and information was found the minor could not have been paid for material about childrens welfare. even though no stories were published  - the method of gaining material are breeching the code
  • possible clause 9 would come into effect as if the suspect was a child - looking for a photo of them may well not considering his vulnerable position as a witness of a crime - although arguably the public right to know could have overruled this
  • whilst there is quite alot of public interest and no information about the minor or photo of the accused was published - the claimed methods of gaining the information they wanted did breech the code - so at least a warning or a private apology should be issued

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