LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Newspapers banned from naming witness

Genre

News report

TX Date

27 Jan 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:03:12

Description

Report on the row in the Old Bailey over the ban on naming the victim of a kidnapping case (Miss X, a member of a prominent public family) in the press to protect her from adverse publicity, with ensuing concerns over freedom of the press. Details the lifestyle and problems publicity would cause the witness and her family. The kidnappers in the case were Claudius Pierre-Louis and Tracey Timpson. Male reporter not identified (poss. Tim Crook).

Further information

LBC reporter Tim Crook later led a successful High Court attempt (supported by the NUJ) to overturn the banning of Miss X’s identity. See The Guardian (08/11/84), p. 4.

Contributors

Tim Crook?

Keywords

Newspapers; Crime; Law; Press; Freedom of the press; Courts; Trials; Identity; Witnesses; Abduction; Press ethics; Robert Flack; Claudius Pierre-Louis; Tracey Timpson

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