One for those studying journalism law

Press Gazette reports the lifting of the anomynity of a youth who had attacked a Catholic priest on the grounds of public interest.

The reporter from the Lancashire evening post

" handed the bench a note asking the court to lift the anonymity Walch automatically receives under section 49 of the Children and Youth Persons Act 1933, saying that it was in the public interest that the teenager should be named, particularly as he was already subject to an anti-social behaviour order (Asbo).
Hall said: "I was pleased when the court lifted the restriction. It meant we could tell our readers about what this young offender had done.