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Court upholds lower court's ban on reporting proceedings due to ongoing criminal investigation.

Case Number SS-1645/2019-VLR
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Jurisdiction Denmark (DK)
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The court upheld the lower court's decision to issue a ban on reporting the proceedings. The journalists challenged the ban, arguing it violated their freedom of the press, while the prosecution contended it was necessary to protect the integrity of the ongoing criminal investigation. The court agreed with the lower court, ruling that the restriction was justified to prevent interference with the judicial process.

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Straffeforskriften om retsplejeloven; Straffeforskriften om retsplejeloven: A ban on reporting proceedings is permissible when necessary to protect the integrity of an ongoing criminal investigation and prevent interference with the judicial process.

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Landsretten stadfæstede byrettens kendelse om referatforbud

[DOKUMENT] Afgørelse (2 sider) Vestre Landsrets 2. afdeling holdt den 28. august 2019 kl. 10.00 møde på tingstedet i Viborg.

Som dommere fungerede landsdommerne Bjerg Hansen, Thomas Tordal-Mortensen og Olav D. Larsen.

V.L. S–1645–19

Journalist Kærende 1 , Forlag 2 Kærende 1, tidligere Person 2 og journalist Kærende 2 , Forlag 1 , Kærende 2, tidligere Person 1 kærer afgørelse om referatforbud i sagen

Anklagemyndigheden mod Tiltalte

født Dato 1998

Fremlagte bilag:

− udskrift af retsbogen for Retten i Herning med bilag.

Den 7. august 2019 har byretten afsagt kendelse om bl.a. referatforbud.

Kendelsen er kæret af journalist Kærende 1 , Forlag 2 og journalist Kærende 2 , Forlag 1 .

Det fremgår af byrettens fremsendelsesbrev, at Midtog Vestjyllands Politi og advokat Kjeld Skov er orienteret om kæremålet.

Landsretten afsagde

K e n d e l s e:

Landsretten er enig i byrettens resultat og begrundelsen herfor. Landsretten stadfæster derfor byrettens kendelse.

T h i b e s t e m m e s:

Byrettens kendelse stadfæstes.

Sagen sluttet.

Bjerg Hansen