Matt Collins QC argued in the Supreme Court of Victoria on Friday there was “no case to answer” because the Crown has not proved its case as set out in court documents.
Chief Judge Kidd ordered the trial of Cardinal Pell could not be reported on, because it could impact the jury in a second trial against him — which was later dropped. Reporting on the trial by Australian media included a News Corp article headlined “Nation’s biggest story: The story we can’t report”.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
This is suppression of the MEDIA😐 He was later found Not Guilty by a Fair 2nd trail due to lack of credible Evidence!🙏
Why are they only referring to google searches. On the night of the leak it was trending worldwide on twitter & you couldn't help but know it. It was everywhere. Aus news tweets linking to US newspapers who were naming him.
Fake news should not be without consequences.
He still makes my skin crawl.
Bit of jail time for journalists is a good thing, and may just return some balance and objectivity. All should be alarmed.
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