By.  Lyndsey Sambrooks- Wright.  David Cameron has been rebuked by Mr Justice Saunders for comments made about Andy Coulson whilst the jury in the “phone hacking” case were still in deliberation over two remaining charges.
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Cameron apologised to the House of Commons in “full and frank” terms for hiring Coulson in 2. The apology led to an application by Timothy Langdale QC to have the remaining charges against Coulson thrown out, based largely on remarks by the Prime Minister and other influential politicians. Such statements included a declaration from the Chairman of the parliamentary committee which investigated phone hacking that Mr Coulson lied to them in evidence; this evidence was protected by parliamentary privilege and therefore inadmissible at trial.
Having asked the Prime Minister to explain his comments, Mr Justice Saunders was told by the PM’s Principal Private Secretary that: “the Prime Minister was responding to the guilty verdict on the hacking charges that had been delivered in open court. He did this in the light of the intense media coverage and understandable public interest.
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The Prime Minister was careful to make no further comment about any matters that might still be before the court”. Mr Justice Saunders fairly noted that this explanation “misses the point… He has now told the public and therefore the jury that he was given assurances by Mr Coulson before he employed him which turned out to be untrue. The jury was not aware of that before and it is a matter which is capable of affecting Mr Coulson’s credibility in their eyes. Mr Coulson’s credibility is a matter which is in issue on the final two charges that the jury have to consider”. Timothy Langdale QC noted that it was “astonishing… for a prime minister to make public comments at such a crucial juncture in trial proceedings”. His submission that it was “unprecedented” is (depressingly) open to challenge, Cameron having declared himself to be on “Team Nigella” during court proceedings relating to Nigella Lawson. Mr Langdale QC relied, amongst others, upon the case of R v Mc.
Cann and the “public importance of those who made the comments and the increased likelihood therefore of the jury being influenced by them”. The application was rejected by Mr Justice Saunders. He relied on the impartiality of the jury, noting their acquittal of Rebekah Brooks on all charges despite swathes of prejudicial media material relating to her.
He reasoned that, due to Coulson’s conviction on phone hacking charges, the jury had already determined that Coulson had lied and therefore may be less swayed by public figures announcing the same. Accepting that politicians have “other imperatives” than ensuring that justice is done, Mr Justice Saunders nonetheless queried the timing of the statements and denounced these as “unsatisfactory so far as justice and the rule of law are concerned”.
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A “better system” is required to deal with unique cases of this nature. Could the jury have reached a fair and impartial verdict on the remaining two counts?
It is arguable that the Cameron’s comments did not take the question of Coulson’s credibility much further than the trial itself: on the other hand, might a juror understandably be swayed by the opinions of the man running their country? The jury were ultimately discharged on the ninth day of deliberations after failing to reach a majority verdict on the two outstanding charges against Coulson and Clive Goodman, the former royal editor of the News of the World and his co- defendant on the remaining charges. Coulson will be sentenced on Friday, along with three News of the World executives who entered early guilty pleas, Glenn Mulcaire and Dan Evans.
The Crown Prosecution Service now has until Monday to decide whether to seek a retrial on the two outstanding counts against Coulson and Goodman. Concerns are often raised about the responsibilities and attitude of the press during court proceedings. Paradoxically, Mr Justice Saunders praised the press for “extremely responsible” reporting but did not feel that they could reasonably stand quiet while politicians considered it “open season” to comment on trials.
It is deeply concerning that any politician – all of whom should understand better than most the potential ramifications of their own statements – would risk jeopardising a fair trial for the sake of political spin. When the person doing so is the Prime Minister, (reportedly on the advice of the Attorney General), the position is even more disturbing.
In those circumstances, it must be right not to criticise the press for publicising the furore that ensues. In this case there was the power for the Judge to have taken the verdicts and directed that they not be reported until the remaining verdicts were delivered.
It is an exceptional course, but certainly not unprecedented. One imagines that it may be deployed in future high profile cases.
Can autism be used as hacking defence? Those with the syndrome are often obsessive, may lack empathy, and have difficulty interacting with others. People therefore who are capable of sitting for hours on end in front of a computer looking for ways to break into a system. Dylan Wilson himself has never been in trouble with the law and is keen that not everybody with autism is tarnished with that hackers' brush. He said: "There's people out there who probably still don't understand Asperger Syndrome."People don't understand about their social skills, and because their relationship with computers is good, people are worried that they may be tomorrow's alleged hackers, and that might send alarm bells ringing."Read more: 'Tens of thousands' of cyber attacks every day. The hackers' disease?
But there may be a reason those alarm bells are ringing. Wiki. Leaks founder Julian Assange calls it the hackers' disease. All hackers - he said - himself included are a little bit autistic. Most recently Ryan Cleary - alleged to be a leader of the hacker group Lulz. Sec was granted bail after he claimed he has Asperger Syndrome. And Gary Mc. Kinnon - fighting extradition to the US after he was caught breaking into the NASA and Pentagon computers - is also using it as a defence. Simon Baron- Cohen, the director of the Autism Research Centre at Cambridge University, said: "People with autism tend to know right from wrong and often they have a very strong sense of what is good and what is bad; their sense of morality is very clear.
But in some cases it may be that they become so preoccupied by their search for information that lose sight of the consequences of their actions." And this was the case, he said, with Gary Mc. Kinnon who had come to his clinic seeking a diagnosis of Asperger's. He said: "In his case the computer was the tool he was using to get at information that he thought would be in the best interests of humanity so he pursued it, and he didn't really let go of that, it became an obsession in his case."There is doubt among experts that it can be used as a defence by the sheer fact a person with the condition is likely to know right from wrong.
Computer hacking expert Peter Sommer said it is only recently it has been used a legal tool. Looking back at hacker cases I have done a fair number where the accused have displayed behaviour that is often now associated with Asperger's and that includes obsessional activity, great determination, a sense of invincibility and a lot of arrogance"But that doesn't amount of lack of understanding ultimately of the difference between right and wrong, and that as I understand it is the real legal test."The next few months will show whether this does work as a defence - Cleary's case comes up in May; a decision on Mc. Kinnon extradition is in July. But what it will also highlight is something much more positive.
Experts like Professor Baron- Cohen say this is a golden opportunity to harness the skills that people like this have and support them in putting their talents to good use.