U.K. Tabloids Accused of Contempt in Milly Dowler Trial Coverage
'Daily Mirror' and 'Daily Mail' to face hearing
A U.K. attorney general will pursue contempt allegations against the Daily Mirror and Daily Mail in connection with the tabloids' coverage of the conviction of phone hacking victim Milly Dowler’s murderer, The Guardian reported today.
This past June, Levi Bellfield was found guilty of abducting and murdering the 13-year-old Dowler in 2002. But before the jury could reach a verdict on a second charge against Bellfield—that he had attempted to kidnap another young girl, 11-year-old Rachel Cowles, the day before abducting Dowler—the trial judge dismissed the jury, claiming that the media publicity surrounding Bellfield's murder conviction was “so prejudicial that the jury could no longer be expected to consider it,” according to The Guardian.
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