Cleared of ALL Charges.
An update on This is Sally.
Journalist Sally Murrer has been cleared of ALL charges raised against her.
This week the judge hearing the case, Judge Richard Southwell, ruled that Thames Valley Police had breached the journalists’ Article 10 rights and that effectively ended the prosecution.
Welcoming the judge’s ruling, the general secretary of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), Jeremy Dear, said: "Let’s be clear, this was an attempt to make a criminal out of a journalist for receiving information that the state didn’t want to get out.
"It was a misguided prosecution that sought to punish Sally for simply doing her job.
"This thoughtless action has put Sally under intolerable pressures.
"I’m sure she will be immensely relieved by the decision, though she’ll never be able to win back the past year of her life, throughout which she has been forced live under a cloud of uncertainty and stress."[Emphasis mine]
Cleared, free to reclaim her life. Sally Murrer, I wish you all the very best from today onwards. I hope the life you reclaim is a happy one.
Thank you. I appreciate your support and kind wishes. Sally Murrer.
Comment by sally murrer — December 8, 2008 @ 1:05 am
Hi Sally,
So glad that sense prevailed and I hope that this is an end to it for you.
Comment by SharkBait — December 8, 2008 @ 1:07 am