Press should not be gagged from naming suspected criminals, says Jacob Rees-Mogg

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The Supreme Court ruled in 2022 that suspects have a
The Supreme Court ruled in 2022 that suspects have a 'reasonable expectation of privacy'

THE Press should not be gagged from naming suspected criminals, Sir Jacob Rees Mogg has declared.

The top Tory hit out over creeping privacy laws that silence reporting over anyone arrested until charge.

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Sir Jacob Rees Mogg declared the Press should not be gagged from naming suspected criminalsCredit: Simon Jones - Commissioned by The Sun

Sir Jacob branded it "un-English" as it secret justice "flies in the face of our traditions" of open justice.

A number of legal challenges citing the European Convention of Human Rights have seen high profile figures arrested but not named.

The Supreme Court ruled in 2022 that suspects have a "reasonable expectation of privacy".

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But Mr Rees Mogg argued that was bad for the public.

Speaking at the University of Buckingham on Saturday, he urged the Prime Minister ton consider putting measures in the next Conservative manifesto to weaken the powers of the ECHR.

Harry Cole

The Sun Newspaper, Exclusives, Crime, Courts, Conservative Party, Jacob Rees Mogg

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