by: Roy Greenslade | The Guardian

A local newspaper has been fined for breaking a court order by publishing the identities of three teenagers who appeared at a magistrates court.

The Milton Keynes Citizen revealed the names, ages and addresses of two defendants and one victim in a news-in-brief court report. They were automatically covered by a section 49 order under the youth and criminal evidence act that bans the reporting of material that could lead to a young person's identification.