How a Judge Impinged Free Speech
The prison sentence handed down to journalist Craig Murray is an embarrassment and should be overturned.
There are many reasons why names in a legal judgment may be anonymised. The individual in question may be a minor, there may be concerns about the person’s safety or they might be vulnerable. In the sexual assault trial of Alex Salmond (where the former leader of the Scottish National Party was acquitted of all charges), the witnesses were understandabl…