Australian media fined for breaching Cardinal George Pell trial gag order

📆 6/4/2021 8:57 AM
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A dozen Australian news organisations have been fined for breaching court orders that banned reporting on Cardinal George Pell's 2018 conviction on child sex abuse charges, which was later overturned

Cardinal George Pell Image: AAP Image/David Crosling via PA Images Cardinal George Pell Image: AAP Image/David Crosling via PA Images A DOZEN AUSTRALIAN news organisations have been fined for breaching court orders that banned reporting on Cardinal George Pell’s 2018 conviction on child sex abuse charges, which was later overturned.

The news organisations had already pleaded guilty in a deal with the court that led to contempt charges being dropped against 18 individual journalists and editors who had faced possible jail time if they were also convicted. Dixon described the reporting by outlets of the two media giants as “blatant and wilful defiance of the court’s authority”.

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