Case Could Lead to Change in Media Law

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Media coverage of the Joanna Yeates murder case has led MPs to suggest new laws are needed to stop newspapers and broadcasters from naming crime suspects arrested by police.

A private members' bill has been introduced by the Tory MP for Broxtowe, Anna Soubry, a former television journalist, arguing the media should not be able to name suspects until they are formally charged with an offence.

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Case Could Lead to Change in Media Law

She said some of the tabloid reporting of former Bristol ...

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