Janet Wins Battle of the Bras

Pretty Janet Lindley won a court-room tussle over her bras yesterday. Two High Court judges cleared Janet of assaulting a policewoman who tried to strip her.

They ruled that magistrates boobed when they fined her £ 50.

Student Janet’s bust-up with the law started when she was arrested for being drunk in a street two years ago. She was taken to Exeter police station where WPL Irene Fry tried to remove her bras “in case she tried to hang herself”. Janet, 29, of Clifton Hill, Exeter, scratched and kicked the officer in the struggle, it was alleged.

After yesterday’s hearing, Janet said: “Thank Got it’s all over.” “I felt strongly about the police attempt to remove my bras. There were policemen present. You just don’t humiliate people like that.” “When I was arrested, I had been celebrating my birthday.” “I think it was petty to bring an assault charge over an incident like this.”

Lord Justice Donaldson and Mr. Justice Mustill said they will give full judgement later, setting out guidelines on police rights. Police claimed the case was an important test of their right to search prisoners.

Woman Wins Appeal over Struggle with Police Officer

Janet Lindley, aged 29, a student who was involved in a struggle with a police-woman who tried to remove her brassiere, won her appeal in the High Court yesterday against a conviction for assault.

The Court upheld her plea that magistrates at Exeter were wrong in finding her guilty of assaulting woman police-constable Fry in the execution of her duty.

Her appeal to the Queen’s Bench Divisional Court was regarded by the police as an important test case on their right to search prisoner.

Lord Justice Donaldson and Mr. Justice Mustill said they would quash Miss Lindley’s conviction and give a full judgement at a later date, setting out guidelines on the scope of police rights.

Miss Lindley, of Clifton Hill, Exeter, was arrested accused of being drunk and disorderly. She was alleged to have scratched and kicked WP-c Fry during a struggle after the officer tried to remove her brassiere for her own protection, in case she tried to hang herself with it.

Unit 2. Radio and Television Key Vocabulary List

TV or radio programme

broadcast, political / educational / news broadcast

documentary, docudrama, infotainment, news bulletin, current affairs programmes, running commentary

show, quiz show, talk / chat show, game show, variety show

sports programmes, music programmes, weather forecast, news coverage

soap opera, sitcom

clip, serial, episode

commercial break / spot / slot, commercials for (food)

to appear at quarter-hour periods

a TV crew: a reporter, a correspondent, a television journalist, a newsreader / TV presenter, an anchor, an anchorwoman, a news gatherer, a camera operator, a disk jockey (DJ)

to present a programme, to run a programme, locally-run programme

to host a programme / a show, a programme host

to have state subsidy

to be financed through advertising / by TV licence fees / by annual charge on viewers / by compulsory annual payments / by trading activities / by selling price to a reader

to sponsor programmes

to be on (the) air, to go on (the) air

to broadcast nationwide

to be biased / unbiased, to be impartial, impartiality

to present news efficiently, interestingly and without bias;

to have a (high) reputation for objectivity

to give a false impression of smth

hype, to be hyped up by the media

fair / balanced reporting

to develop a theme in depth

to set forth one’s arguments

to have influence on the content of the programmes

viewing time, viewers, viewing habits

to highlight, to be in the spotlight

to reflect the cultural mix of society

to cater for minority tastes

popular viewing time/ hours, prime-time/ peak-time/ slot

prime-time programmes

ratings, ratings battles/ ratings wars, ratings lists, to head the ratings lists

to be broadcast live, to do smth live, a live broadcast, a live interview

to be recorded for broadcast later

footage of an event, dramatic footage

to be free from state control

to tune in, to receive/ pick up broadcasts, to switch to a channel

vox-pop interview, talking heads

photogenic/ telegenic

privacy, invasion of privacy, breach of privacy

intrusive reporting

paparazzo/ paparazzi pl

doorstepping

bug, bugging

to make notes in shorthand

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