Secrecy order wrongly given to murdered child after no reporters attended court

Secrecy order wrongly given to murdered child after no reporters attended court

Court appearances involving a woman accused of stabbing a four-year-old child to death were not attended by journalists, allowing a judge to impose an incorrect anonymity order. Charlie Moloney, freelance journalist and News Associates media law tutor, warned of the consequences of a lack of court reporters after posting on Linkedin about an incorrect anonymity ban being applied in a murder pre-trial hearing. The case involved a boy who was foun…