A provincial court judge in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, has cited a mandatory publication ban in reference to a prominent child pornography case that had made national headlines.
The mandatory ban referred to prohibits the identification of the alleged victim.
The name of the girl, who is deceased, has been previously widely reported but Judge Jamie Campbell noted the mandatory ban on identification during a hearing Wednesday. The judge said he expected this would create "considerable difficulties" for media.
It's considerably stupid, too. Half of the industrialized world knows the name of the victim. What is the point of running this farce to protect a name that everyone knows and a girl who is dead?
The publication ban cited comes under Section 486 of the Criminal Code, which prevents the naming of alleged victims in some cases.
In another oddity...
Earlier, a defence lawyer in the case dropped a subpoena to have a senior Crown prosecutor testify about why the charges were laid against two teens under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
Ian Hutchison, who had filed the subpoena last Wednesday, didn't say why he no longer wished to hear from Crown prosecutor Craig Botterill in the case.
He declined comment outside court.
Two teens face charges of distributing child pornography in connection with the case, while one of them also faces a charge of making child pornography.
Since the images involved were central in the bullying of the victim who committed suicide because of it, I contend that there should be charges that tie the two teens to the suicide.
I also think that those teens who were in on the bullying, and there were many of them, I suspect, should also be held accountable for driving her to suicide. As it stands, there's no reason why such bullying won't happen again.
Court will resume May 16 to hear Campbell's ruling on a defence application for disclosure of further police and Crown materials about the arrests and prosecution of the two accused.
The mandatory ban referred to prohibits the identification of the alleged victim.
The name of the girl, who is deceased, has been previously widely reported but Judge Jamie Campbell noted the mandatory ban on identification during a hearing Wednesday. The judge said he expected this would create "considerable difficulties" for media.
It's considerably stupid, too. Half of the industrialized world knows the name of the victim. What is the point of running this farce to protect a name that everyone knows and a girl who is dead?
The publication ban cited comes under Section 486 of the Criminal Code, which prevents the naming of alleged victims in some cases.
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| Craig Botterill, N.S. Crown Prosecutor |
Earlier, a defence lawyer in the case dropped a subpoena to have a senior Crown prosecutor testify about why the charges were laid against two teens under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
Ian Hutchison, who had filed the subpoena last Wednesday, didn't say why he no longer wished to hear from Crown prosecutor Craig Botterill in the case.
He declined comment outside court.
Two teens face charges of distributing child pornography in connection with the case, while one of them also faces a charge of making child pornography.
Since the images involved were central in the bullying of the victim who committed suicide because of it, I contend that there should be charges that tie the two teens to the suicide.
I also think that those teens who were in on the bullying, and there were many of them, I suspect, should also be held accountable for driving her to suicide. As it stands, there's no reason why such bullying won't happen again.
Court will resume May 16 to hear Campbell's ruling on a defence application for disclosure of further police and Crown materials about the arrests and prosecution of the two accused.
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