Press endangers judges

Inaccurate report led to security threats, lady chief justice says

An inaccurate newspaper report that was followed up at prime minister’s questions two weeks ago has resulted in “extraordinarily serious security threats” to judges, the lady chief justice of England and Wales told the House of Lords constitution committee yesterday.

Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the Hill was asked by Lord Strathclyde CH, the committee chai…