Sky on contempt charge over kidnap couple

Monday 21 November 2011 20:00 EST

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The Attorney General has won permission to launch contempt of court proceedings against Sky News for allegedly breaching an injunction taken out to protect the safety of the kidnapped British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler.

Sky is accused of breaching an order prohibiting publication of details of the "health and welfare" of the couple as they were in the process of being released by Somali pirates.

Sky asserts that it "scrupulously observed the terms of the injunction".

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