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from the can-he-hide-it-from-search-engines? dept.
The UK Supreme Court has lifted an anonymity order and ruled that a man arrested but not charged in connection with a high-profile "child sexual grooming" case has no reasonable expectation of privacy under the European Convention on Human Rights:
A man arrested but never charged in connection with an investigation into child sexual grooming has lost a legal battle to keep his identity secret. [...] Seven men were convicted and jailed at the Old Bailey in May 2013 for serious sexual offences in connection with what became known as the "Oxford grooming case". The Supreme Court ruling, by a 5-2 majority, stemmed from an attempt by the Times and the Oxford Mail newspapers to name [him].
BBC legal correspondent Clive Coleman described the court's decision as significant, saying it reaffirmed the powerful principle of open justice. The case examined the rights of the press and public under Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights to freedom of expression and the rights of [the man] and his family under Article 8.
(Score: 2) by pvanhoof on Thursday July 20 2017, @07:25PM
An example of "as clean as new", here in Belgium: they wanted to introduce a law that would allow doktors to share certain information of criminal past activity with the police. Because, so the union lobbying for this that represented te doktors claimed, doktors in Belgium often get violent patiënts. And that way they could screen them, or something.
However, because after conviction and having done your time; you are supposed to be "good as new". When doktors could see your past criminal activity, it could be that they would refuse to offer you their medical services. Differently put, you'd be punised for life because of this.
This new law was not made.
ps. Another reason for the law to be made, according to some politicians, was to catch psychopaths who confess to their doktor certain deeds or terrorist plans. So it would be a win-win situation for both the doktors and the police. But this was of course also rejected because, obviously, if psychopaths know that their doktors (and psychiatrists) must tell the police what they told their doktor, then of course wouldn't they seek psychological help anymore. You have to see this in the light of the weeks after the terrorist attack in Zaventem-Brussels. Like in any country we suddenly had all sorts of stupid rightwing "ideas" to curb freedoms and turn the country into a policestate. Luckily that didn't fly.