UK media bosses are toasting a 'huge victory' for press freedom after police chiefs ruled that people charged with a crime do not have a reasonable expectation of privacy.
It means that suspects charged with crimes will continue to be routinely named by newspapers and broadcasters up and down the country, including the Manchester Evening News.
Proposed changes to the College of Policing’s guidance for reporting crime were set to say cops in England and Wales no longer “should” name those charged with crimes including indecent exposure, domestic violence or child sexual abuse, instead advising that individuals “can be named”. However, the decision has now been U-turned - a move The Society of Editors has welcomed.
