Friday, October 22, 2004

Police withhold mugshots and argue 'human rights'/ Holdthefrontpage, 22 Oct 2004

http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/behind/analysis/041022blank.shtml
"Warwickshire Police have refused to supply pictures to the press of three men jailed for attempted murder because it would 'infringe their human rights'.
Readers of the Leamington and Warwick Courier were outraged at the decision to conceal the identities of the three men who were each jailed for 14 years at Birmingham Crown Court.
But pressure from the paper has resulted in a change of heart by the force. "