Cameras roll for first time in UK Court of Appeal

Broadcasting history was made yesterday as cameras were allowed to film in one of the highest courts in Britain for the first time.

The ringleader of a coin-forging scam — represented by the prime minister’s brother Alex Cameron QC — failed in his bid to appeal against his sentence during the first proceedings to be broadcast in the Court of Appeal.

Filmed after the near 90-year ban on allowing cameras in court was lifted, Lord Justice Pitchford refused an application to appeal against Kevin Fisher’s seven-year jail term for his role in what is believed to be the largest ever plot to make fake pound coins in the UK.