On the sidelines of the first day of criminal hearings on drug cases, Monday October 14, at the Narbonne court, a young woman was arrested in the public. She was caught in the act filming with her cell phone.
From being a spectator, she will go to court in a few months. Monday October 14, first day of trial following the dismantling of cocaine trafficking in Narbonne and money laundering, a young woman of 19, then following the hearing, took out her cell phone. The Narbonnaise decides to film. She was immediately arrested on the grounds of visual recording without authorization during a criminal hearing. For this offense, she faces a maximum of two months’ imprisonment and a fine of 4,500 euros.
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During police custody, the judicial police used the telephone and actually discovered a close-up of the magistrates. The person concerned admitted the facts and explained that she was only trying to send a video to her companion to tell him where she was. She is expected to appear in court in January 2025.
For information, the use of a device to fix the image or record speech, in administrative or judicial hearings, is prohibited. Photographs can be taken, outside of the debates, only if they have the consent of the magistrates and the prosecution. And journalists are no exception to the rule either! An exception exists, however, since the law for confidence in the judicial institution of 2021 which can allow, with authorization from the Minister of Justice, the sound or audiovisual recording of a hearing for reasons of public interest of an educational nature. , informative, cultural or scientific, with a view to its dissemination.
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