we asked bbc news for their response to those points and they told us. although there were many cameras outside the courtroom, there weren t any inside, which meant reporters had to relay what was going on via live online updates or wait till they were outside the high court to summarise what had been said on television. the only visual material of what happened in court via drawings by the courtroom artist, although sky news filmed a ginger bearded actor voicing prince harry s words. tom boadle tweeted. .. well, let s discuss this issue of whether there should be more tv tv cameras allowed in british courts with the legal commentator joshua rosenberg, who, of course, spent 15 years as the bbc s legal correspondent.
witnesses potentially being not included? i think that s right, and that s why the judges have allowed this limited entry into criminal cases by allowing sentencing remarks. but you re not allowed to see the defendant. you can t see how the person who s been convicted is reacting to the sentence. i think we could extend that. so it is possible for broadcasting, particularly live broadcasting, to interfere with the course ofjustice. but certainly, there ought to be an extension and we have no problem in watching appeals in the supreme court. they can be broadcast live. they re livestreamed in the court of appeal. there s livestreaming available there. it s simply trials where there are witnesses, where it s thought this might be wrong, but that may change. joshua rosenberg, thank you so much. around 1000 members of the national union ofjournalists went on strike this week, resulting in the disruption of bbc local news on wednesday and thursday. the dispute, which we ve mentioned before
individual s phone was tapped. he refers to journalists and the thought that he says of piers morgan and his band ofjournalists eu rigging into my mother s private and sensitive messages and then having giving her a nightmare three months prior to her death in paris, makes me feel physically sick and even more determined to hold those responsible accountable for their file and justify behaviour. he is not reading this out in court, this has been disclosed some months ago, it was made in february. but what i imagine is happening now is that now he has confirmed this is his statement and it has been issued to the media, he is being cross examined on these allegations he makes in his statement. cross-examined on these allegations he makes in his statement. he makes in his statement. joshua, are we likely he makes in his statement. joshua, are we likely to he makes in his statement. joshua, are we likely to see he makes in his statement. joshua, are we likely to see witnesses i he m
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is, prince harry has now arrived at the high court. he is into the building, a very quick entrance. the court case is going to be getting under way shortly. we are expecting him to be in the witness box from around 10.30. joshua, are you still with me? around 10.30. joshua, are you still with me? . around 10.30. joshua, are you still with me? , with me? yes, i saw him greeted by david sherborne, with me? yes, i saw him greeted by david sherborne, his with me? yes, i saw him greeted by david sherborne, his barrister. i with me? yes, i saw him greeted by david sherborne, his barrister. he l david sherborne, his barrister. he patted him on the back and will take him to the court. this is a modern court in central london. that is all you are going to see of prince harry, apart from artist sketches, because we don t allow in this country, filming and broadcasting of hearings like this in the courts. no live coverage of the hearing by journalists in court will bring you every word of w