Backlash Over Law Commission Proposal to Restrict Journalists Covering Rape Trials

The Society of Editors has criticised a proposal by the Law Commission to restrict journalists from attending rape trials in England and Wales.

A model poses as a complainant waiting to seen by a doctor at a specialist rape clinic in Kent, England on Jan. 31, 2007. Gareth Fuller/PA

Proposals by the Law Commission to restrict access to rape and sexual assault trials for journalists have been greeted with horror by the Society of Editors.

The Law Commission is conducting a review of the trial process for prosecutions of rape and other sexual offences in England and Wales—with submissions due by the end of September.