Facebook Chat Spells Trouble For Juror And Defendant
A juror and an aquitted defendant, who decided to chat via Facebook about a drug and corruption trial last August, were found guilty of contempt of court. The case just might be the U.K.'s first prosecution for contempt of court involving social media.
A juror and an aquitted defendant, who decided to chat via Facebook about a drug and corruption trial last August, were found guilty of contempt of court. The case just might be the U.K.’s first prosecution for contempt of court involving social media.
Juror Joanne Fraill, 40 (pictured), and the previously acquitted defendant Jamie Sewart, 34, became Faceboook buddies last year during the trial and mindlessly chatted away the details of the jury’s deliberations.
Reportedly, Fraill first befriended Sewart on the popular social medium.
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