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'Secret' terror trial ruling due at Old Bailey 'Core' of terror trial in private, Court of Appeal rules
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The Court of Appeal is to rule on whether a trial of two terrorist suspects can be heard in secret. A trial of two terrorist suspects can partly be heard in secret, the Court of Appeal has ruled.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) says a secret trial is in the interests of national security. Judges said parts of the trial can be heard in public but the core of the "exceptional" trial will be in private.
It would become the first jury trial to be heard entirely behind closed doors in England. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said a secret trial was in the interests of national security.
Details of the case emerged at an appeal against an order issued in May, which banned the identification of the defendants and access to the trial.Details of the case emerged at an appeal against an order issued in May, which banned the identification of the defendants and access to the trial.
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The media were banned from reporting the existence of that order until the Court of Appeal hearing, and its judges are now ruling on the media's challenge to the case restrictions. The media were banned from reporting the existence of that order until the Court of Appeal hearing, and its judges were asked to rule on the media's challenge to the case restrictions.
Reporting restrictions sometimes cover specific parts of cases, but this case - which relates to two defendants referred to as "AB" and "CD" - would be the first to feature a jury in a normal courtroom hearing evidence in secret. Reporting restrictions sometimes cover specific parts of cases.
The court heard that AB and CD had been arrested "in high-profile circumstances" and faced allegations of the preparation of terrorist acts and possessing bomb-making instructions. The court previously heard that the suspects, referred to as AB and CD, had been arrested "in high-profile circumstances" and faced allegations of the preparation of terrorist acts and possessing bomb-making instructions.
The court was also told that if a decision was made to hold the trial in open court, and identify the defendants, the CPS could abandon the prosecution.The court was also told that if a decision was made to hold the trial in open court, and identify the defendants, the CPS could abandon the prosecution.