Wednesday 29 September 2010

Syvret faces civil actions over blogs

By Lucy Mason
SENIOR civil servants are launching civil actions against former Senator Stuart Syvret for comments he made on his internet blog, it was revealed in court yesterday.

The revelation came during the second day of a hearing in the Magistrate’s Court in which Mr Syvret is arguing that the prosecution authorities have abused the legal process in their actions against him.

Today, the former partner of Mr Syvret, Deputy Carolyn Labey, was due to give evidence as a last-minute addition to the proceedings that was only confirmed late yesterday afternoon, when Assistant Magistrate Bridget Shaw said that she would like to hear what Deputy Labey had to say.

Syvret faces civil actions over blogs
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