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'Warning shot fired' over contempt of court

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The Sun and the Daily Mirror are to go on trial at the High Court, facing a charge of contempt of court for coverage of the Joanna Yeates killing, charges that both papers deny.

Clive Coleman reports on the case.

And Sir Ken Macdonald, former director of public prosecutions, looks at the reality of having "a freer press".


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