Media reporting on child homicide victims: consultation analysis

Footnotes

1. This principle relates to the importance of the public’s ability to understand how the justice system works, including how it responds in dealing with people who break the law: justice must not only be done but must be seen to be done.

2. Jigsaw identification means that while one piece of information may on its own seem innocuous, it may lead to the identification of a victim in breach of the anonymity protections when taken together with other information.

3. This principle relates to the importance of the public’s ability to understand how the justice system works, including how it responds in dealing with people who break the law: justice must not only be done but must be seen to be done.

4. The Bill includes provisions which would enshrine into law an automatic lifelong right of anonymity for victims of sexual, the breach of which would be a criminal offence with a maximum penalty on conviction on indictment (i.e. before a jury) of 2 years’ imprisonment and/or an unlimited fine. Further information can be found at Right to anonymity - Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill: factsheet - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)