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Nicola Furlong trial in Tokyo

Carawaystick · 2013-11-02 23:06:54

Earlier this year, there was a trial over the killing of Nicola Furlong and a serious assault on a friend of hers. During the reporting of the trial, there was a lot of dancing around directions from the judges restricting reporting . Was the reluctance on Irish media reporting what they knew, here, a respect for the…

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03-11-2013 12:06am

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Earlier this year, there was a trial over the killing of Nicola Furlong and a serious assault on a friend of hers.

During the reporting of the trial, there was a lot of dancing around directions from the judges restricting reporting .

Was the reluctance on Irish media reporting what they knew, here, a respect for the Furlong family, a fear of being in contempt of a Japanese court( could someone in Ireland be in contempt of a Japanese court?)

Or something else?

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#2 03-11-2013 3:34pm
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Can you give some examples ?

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