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The Judiciary has expressed concern over what it called “erroneous reporting” recently published by two newspapers about an incident at the Princes Town District Court.

A statement on March 4 cited the article with the headline “Suspect walks out from court despite prison sentence,” from the Guardian, on March 2, as well as the article “Sentenced to prison, man walks out court, goes to Carnival event,” from the Express, dated March 3.

The Judiciary said both misrepresent the circumstances surrounding an incident in which an accused person, who was on bail and attended a virtual court hearing at a Virtual Access Customer Centre (VACC), evaded police custody at the end of a proceeding.