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A Northern Ireland law banning the naming of suspected sex offenders until they are charged has been revoked in a court judgment hailed as a victory for press freedom.The law, which came into effect last year, granted anonymity for life and 25 years after death to anyone suspected of sexual offences who had not been charged.Media groups representing a number of publications including the Guardian and the Belfast Telegraph challenged the act, claiming it criminalised investigative journalism into sexual abuse, and had the absurd effect that no one in Northern Ireland could say that Jimmy Savile was a paedophile.In a ruling on Friday in the high court in Belfast, Mr Justice Humphreys said the act was unlawful because it was incompatible with the right to freedom of expression under the European convention on human rights. He also ruled that the Northern Ireland assembly had failed to debate the issue of public inter
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The safety of convictions secured in more than 20 fraud trials may have to be examined after an expert witness was found to be inadequately qualified.The Crown Prosecution Service CPS has abandoned a case against eight defendants in a carbon credit and diamond sales hearing after defence lawyers cross-examined Andrew Ager.According to the la
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