Michaela McAreavy Murder Trial-Will Justice be Done?

[Line Ball]

To be honest, the article in the Daily Mirror is even worse, mentioning other items which were also in their suitcases.  This hasn't been mentioned by the BBC in their reporting of the detail.

The English Mirror, too, are trying to put a different slant on things as there is no call to go into such details when it is clear for all to see what happened in Mauritius.

[5 Sams]

To be honest, the article in the Daily Mirror is even worse, mentioning other items which were also in their suitcases.  This hasn't been mentioned by the BBC in their reporting of the detail.

The English Mirror, too, are trying to put a different slant on things as there is no call to go into such details when it is clear for all to see what happened in Mauritius.

I had the misfortune to glance at the Daily Mirror in the in laws today...just as bad as the Sun...total rag with low life reporters.

[haranguerer]

Sex Guide 'crux of Michaela case' is the headline. No attempt to elaborate just a crass reproduction of a remark in the case.

No it wasnt! It was that the sex guide was the crux of michaela trial defence - utterly different!! Can you not read, or are you just deliberately misquoting? And its a headline, the 'attempt to elaborate' comes in the article which follows....

Anyway, for salacious see the paper headlines today - absolute gutter shite from pretty much every one of them 

[ziggysego]

I don't read the British tabloids and the increasing number of Irish papers following their example. Judging by the reaction of posters here, to their reporting of the court case in today's publications, it further vindicates my decision to not.

[Tony Baloney]

I don't read the British tabloids and the increasing number of Irish papers following their example. Judging by the reaction of posters here, to their reporting of the court case in today's publications, it further vindicates my decision to not.

More people should take this stance. You know what you are getting with a tabloid, so if your sensibilities are easily offended don't buy the papers.

[Minder]

I don't read the British tabloids and the increasing number of Irish papers following their example. Judging by the reaction of posters here, to their reporting of the court case in today's publications, it further vindicates my decision to not.

More people should take this stance. You know what you are getting with a tabloid, so if your sensibilities are easily offended don't the papers.

Nobody reads the English rags, if you listened to people. Yet their circulation is in the millions.

[North Man]

Was talkings to some-one who spent quite a time working in Maruitisius in a reglious order, who is is digustested with the trial, their theory is that it is a Hindu trial with a Hindu judge, Hindu Defence, Hindu defence baristerce's, they also were very of the defence barrister for the second defennce applicant
Very intresting few days

[Leo]

So it turns out that the Sex Guide Book was in fact a supplement inside one of the Glossy magazines bought by Michaela. Very distressing for the families to have to listen to it all.

I read that in the Irish News - front page & 4 pages inside on this - kick them up the aisle with the BBC shall we?
A reporter's job is to report. The BBC did no more than report the issue which led to the drama in the courtroom and the reason for the adjournment. To do otherwise is censorship. Distressing for the family but not a creation of the media this time so pack up that agenda.

[Sandino]

The headline has been changed on the BBC website. I did not misqoute it. It is still the former headline further down the page. It is also well into the article before the origional headline was clarified. The headline in its current form is not as bad to be honest.

[Captain Black]

So the 'Sex guide' was just an insert from a copy of Cosmopolitan magazine that Micheala bought in the airport.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-18229590

[mylestheslasher]

Doesn't matter if it was a gay porn magazine, what relevance has it to the case? None.

[bennydorano]

I'd say it's very relevant, as it would seem that the Defence's case is looking likely to go down a fairly ridiculous route - unless i'm badly misreading the situation.

[mylestheslasher]

Let me put it like this. Her husband is downstairs and she is murdered in her room. How is the literature in that room relevant to the case. Its not and in any sensible country the judge would ban this from even being reported on.

[midLouth]

Would you go back and read what he said, he is saying they are going to try and make it relevant.

[Leo]

Look this is fairly sensitive and potentilly destructive stuff as a result of defence lawyers' dirty tricks. But this is foreign territory where maybe the rules are different, and, if so,  and I do want to be understaning, but I cannot understand why Mickey Harte and the bishop uncle are not out there with a robust legal &  team? Surely they could have forseen the trap that is being laid for the poor lad?