News stories about arrests and other legal issues are often very short and conspicuously light on detail. That’s for a number of important reasons. This is what we can and can’t report when a footballer is arrested. 📝 lukedbrown
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Before that, the courts consider there is no “public interest” in knowing what someone is being investigated for or has been arrested over. That applies not just to those who have been arrested. It also applies to victims of sexual offences, for example, as well as children involved in court cases. In these instances, we do all we can to protect that right to anonymity.
Otherwise, our reporting could result not just in an invasion of the arrested player’s privacy, but also in potentially libellous speculation around all other 26-year-old Premier League footballers who frequent Birmingham — which would likely be a fairly small number.This is one of the most commonly asked questions on social media when we publish a story that does not offer our subscribers the opportunity to comment.
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