The Press Complaints Commission has said that a Daily Mirror story headlined ‘Stuart Hall judge visited gay brothel’ did not breach the privacy of Anthony Russell QC.

Dr Nicholas Russell complained on behalf of his brother that the story breached clause 12 (Discrimination) and Clause 3 (Privacy) of the Editors’ Code. The complaint was dismissed on both counts.

The front page story noted that the judge resigned his position as a recorder in 1996 following the publication of allegations that he had visited a "gay brothel".