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May 21, 2010

Media ban on naming rape accused is planned

By Dominic Ponsford

The Lib-Con coalition Government has promised to extend anonymity in rape cases to defendants.

Anyone who makes a complaint of a rape or sexual assault already has lifetime anonymity from the moment the complaint has been made under existing reporting restrictions. These place curbs on journalists reporting crime and the courts and mean they themselves are committing contempt of court if they publish any information which could lead to an alleged victim’s identification.

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