keeping name out of paper

[matron 22]

a work colleague was involved in an unprovoked attack. Has been told by police that attacker will be charged with assault. Is there a way that my colleague can keep her name out of the local paper

[bednobs]

no. Except would it really be interesting to the paper?

[mccfluffy]

It depends on how newsworthy it is, we publish the court lists but that only names the defendant, if they decide to do an article on then no unless the courts rule otherwise, i think but i,m not sure this is mainly used for underagd and rape victims, oh and of course rich footballers.

[jno]

does your paper usually print reports of such court cases? Does it usually include victims' names? (Have a look at past issues in the llibrary if you don't know.)

[Hymie]

They could consider taking out a super-injunction preventing anyone mentioning her name in connection with the story.

My understanding is that an unnamed premiership football-player has recently taken out such an injunction to great effect.