Paul Williams, crime editor of the Irish-based tabloid Sunday World, was among a number of journalists, editors and media organisations who were fined a total of €60,000 (£55,000) by a Dublin high court judge yesterday.
Also fined were Sunday World editor Colin McGinty, Star on Sunday editor Des Gibson and one of his reporters, Ken Foy, and the two papers' publishers. Merlin Books, publishers of Williams's book, Crime Wars, was fined €5,000.
All of them were found guilty of breaching contempt of court orders that restrict the reporting of proceedings brought by Ireland's Criminal Assets Bureau arising from its investigation into the assets of a Dublin criminal. The judge said the papers and journalists had seriously interfered with court proceedings. (Via Irish Times)
