Scottish courts to reconsider camera ban

The Scottish judiciary is re-examining guidelines to allow judges’ sentencing statements in court to be filmed.

The current guidelines, set out by Lord Hope in 1996, prohibit the use of cameras in court in order to avoid threatening the administration of justice.

But the public information officer for the Scottish judiciary, Elizabeth Cutting – who already issues printed and electronic statements from cerain cases to the media – has said that filming sentences is the logical next step in a digital age.

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