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Sharif hearing opens

Court of Appeal to decide whether judges can be named

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Joshua Rozenberg
Jan 14, 2025
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Three appeal judges will begin considering this morning whether reporters can name judges who heard proceedings between 2012 and 2019 involving the family of the murdered schoolgirl Sara Sharif.

The hearing is unusual because there is no suggestion that anonymity was requested by the judges or magistrates who dealt with Sara’s family, or even that they w…

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