Publication of Defendants' Home Addresses

摘要

H and J were two high-ranking police officers who had been involved in the investigation and prosecution of serious crime, including conducting covert operations. Both were charged with offences relating to improper interference with prosecutions for speeding and a hearing was to be held in the magistrates' court to decide whether to send the matter to the Crown Court for the purposes of s. 51 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. H and J applied to the magistrates' court asking for the court to order that their home addresses should not be published, fearing that doing so could lead to attacks. H, in 1995 and when a junior police officer, had been placed in the witness protection programme for 18 months and it was suggested that this showed the potential risks that arose from the type of work he did.