A YouTuber has been convicted of taking photographs at Wellingborough Justice Centre.
Reda Bouadi-Clifton, 43, of Woodhall Drive, Banbury, admitted a charge of taking a photograph in court when he appeared at Northampton Magistrates' Court on Thursday, 27th May 2021.
This is an offence under section 41 of the Criminal Justice Act 1925.
The section goes on to define "court" quite broadly, as encompassing any courtroom, court building or court precincts. It also states that the image will be considered as being made in court if it is made of any person entering or leaving any courtroom, court building or court precincts.
The maximum penalty for this offence is a fine at level 3 (currently £1,000 maximum).
What this means, in the simplest terms, is that it is a specific offence for anyone standing on court grounds - be that inside the building, the front step, car park, garden or whatever - to take photographs or videos.
Magistrates heard that minicab driver Bouadi-Clifton was at Wellingborough Justice Centre on the morning of Tuesday, 27th April 2021. He was filming content for his YouTube channel, Auditing Britain. The Midland Road venue handles Adult Criminal and Family work.
Court staff challenged Bouadi-Clifton, but he refused to stop filming or leave the court precincts. The police were called and he was arrested.
Bouadi-Clifton was fined £100 and ordered to pay £85 towards prosecution costs and £34 victim surcharge.
The court also made a deprivation order in respect of his mobile phone, which he had used to record the footage in question.
A case like this would barely register, had it not been for our previous article about the powers available to deal with misbehaviour in court.
It should also be noted that this genre of YouTuber - who ply their trade by uploading intrusive footage to the discomfort of other people - absolutely loathe it when roles are reversed and they are under the media spotlight!
5 comments:
He's a cocky attention seeker. If he tried the same in his homeland Algeria he would end up beaten and in prison. Here he costs his adoptive country a fortune in wasted police time and resources.
There is certainly valid criticisms to be had against auditors, but they also catch an unending number of police abusing, misusing their powers and being ignorant of the law. Imagine how much police abuse their poweres when they are not being filmed when they are so quick to do so when they are.
Christopher Gallone AKA Live Free another YouTube auditor has been jailed for 12 weeks for threatening someone online. It seems that alot of auditors are jobless criminal types.
Yet again the attention seeker Reda Bouadi Clifton has wasted valuable police & court time with his mentally unstable behaviour. Why he has been returned to Algeria where he is wanted for cowardice skipping his national service is beyond me
I don't condone anyone breaking the law but this auditor is better known for upsetting the police when he acts within the law and records officers breaking the law, lying and bullying with impunity. Frequently the officers intimidate and abuse the member of the public. It is shocking to see how many people support the law breaking police in these circumstances. For goodness sake just give the police some training. Its only a man with a camera!
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