Examiner cleared of contempt of court

THE Irish Examiner has been cleared of a charge of contempt of court following the publication of newspaper reports earlier this week which led to the discharge of a jury in a murder trial.

Examiner cleared of contempt of court

The Central Criminal Court ruled yesterday that the Irish Examiner and the Irish Star had published reports on court proceedings, which they had received from an independent news agency, “in good faith”.

The editors of both newspapers were summonsed to appear before the court after Mr Justice Barry White discharged the jury in the murder trial of three young men on Tuesday following reports of the case in that day’s editions of the Irish Examiner and Irish Star.

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