Judge said shadow justice secretary’s comments during trial of Elias Morgan were ‘ill thought through’
The justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has suggested that her Tory counterpart, Robert Jenrick, was guilty of “risking the collapse of trial”, after he was criticised in court for tweeting about a criminal case.
Jenrick, the shadow justice secretary, posted on social media about a murder trial a week after it had begun, making comments that the judge said were “ill thought through”.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/03/justice-secretary-suggests-jenrick-risked-collapse-of-trial-with-tweet
Author : Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent
Publish date : 2025-09-03 13:54:00
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