Convicted criminals often take issue with details of their offending being made public. But as KentOnline’s crown court reporter Julia Roberts explains, justice must be seen to be done – and publicity is a vital deterrent… I recall a judge once remarking that ‘publicity is part of the punishment’ when a barrister spoke of the fear his client had of being ‘named and shamed’ by the press. That was perhaps never felt so strongly than recently when a man guilty of downloading indecent images of children appeared for sentencing. Unfortunately for him, his hearing was one chosen by a group of female…
