DPP attacks tabloids for sensationalising crimes

TOUGHER laws must be brought in to stop the tabloid press sensationalising crimes before the case comes to trial, Director of Public Prosecutions James Hamilton said yesterday.

Mr Hamilton said that recent prejudicial comments by some papers in one particular case lead to a judge ruling against the DPP.

“We are importing this sensationalism from the British tabloid press here and it is not good. The law needs to be changed to stop this kind of reporting,” Mr Hamilton told the UCC Law Society conference.