Tabak: Laptop evidence not used

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laresFri 28/10/11 21:36

"The media won an important victory for press freedom following an attempt to block the publication of Vincent Tabak's sordid sex life and interest in violent pornography, it can be disclosed today.

The prosecution in Tabak's trial tried to stop details of material recovered from computers linked to the 33-year-old being published after his conviction for the murder of Joanna Yeates."

"Details of the police investigation revealing that Tabak had paid for sex with a prostitute and was obsessed with extreme internet pornography emerged during his trial at Bristol Crown Court. In an attempt to put this information before the jury, prosecutor Nigel Lickley QC made two applications to Mr Justice Field and disclosed what investigators had discovered about the well-educated and apparently respectable Dutchman.

However, the judge blocked both bids and jurors were never told of his sordid secrets - instead ruling that the material could not be published until the end of his trial. The judge made two orders under Section 4(2) and Section 11 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 prohibiting publication.

However, after the jury retired to consider its verdict, Mr Lickley sought to continue both orders beyond the end of Tabak's trial. He said police were carrying out further inquiries into what was found on the computer hard drives and were yet to question Tabak about it."

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In other reports the judge said that for the jury to hear that Tabak had this type of pornography on his laptop would be too prejudicial.

Normally, I'd tend to agree with the judge - just because someone fantasises with this stuff doesn't mean that they're guilty of the worse crime but in this case, his participation was already well known - he admitted strangling her - so I think the laptop evidence very much goes towards why he acted the way he did. It should've been admissible.

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