Prosecutors agree to a more comprehensive statement of claim against the 36 news organisations and journalists
Media lawyers have called for more information from prosecutors about the contempt of court charges against 36 news organisations, journalists and editors facing jail time and fines for their reporting of the Cardinal George Pell trial.
None of those facing charges appeared at Melbourne’s William Cooper Justice Centre on Monday, with all represented by media lawyers Justin Quill and Matt Collins QC. When Pell’s guilty verdict was delivered in December it was suppressed and not immediately able to be reported, because at the time Pell was facing a second trial and there was concern jurors in the second trial would be prejudiced by reporting of the first.
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