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Thursday, September 28, 2006

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by HILARY CUNDLE
hilary.cundle
@wriJe.co.uk -
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Jonathan Bishop'
chats with
former ;. _
. - Nationalist
NAOMI Campbell councillor Colin
and the European Gregory on July 2
Court of HumaD at Parti Ponty in
RIghts made an "Bp- Ynysangharad
pearance" at Pontyp. P ark In
rldd County Court Pontypridd
when a Judge 'was
,asked to banpub6c- led it' on a Pontypridd He' said the picture ordered him to pay 130
ation of thhI picture. town website claiming it was pOt laken swrepti- costs to Mr Powell.
Observer correspond- showed two politicians tiouSly with a long view He said: "It was just
enl for Treforest and La- "doing a dear', lens but in 11 public two members of differ-
bout Party mc'mOO Mr Bishop said pub- place. and did not im- ent political parties hav-
Jonathan . Bishop - lishing the picture sub- pinge on anything con- ing a discussion in a
shown chatti ng to sequently would bller fidential in respect of public place and in my
fonner PloidCymru that he wnsthe person Mr Bishop's private view there is nothing
councillor .Colin "'doing a deal
u
when he life. private about the in-
Gregory at Parti Ponty was and asked for The Lib Dems' As- fommtion shown in the
in Ynysangbarnd costs and for all copies scmbly candidate for pictiue."
Ponrypridd - argued it of the picture to be des- Pontypridd stressed that Speaking afterwards,
was an invasion of pri- ttoyed. Mr Bishop, while de. 'd 111' .
vacy. eoun Powell retoned mandjng privacy, _ had Mr Bishop sal :' IS IS
Th . that the eed l',. put ht'mself .n the public a defeat for the ordinary
e unage so m- n lorpnvacy
sed M B h that h d t 'be b I cd eye by. Inun"Wng his man and woman in the cen r IS op a 0 a MC u ...
he sought an injunction against the right to free own website and web- street who want to be
citing case Jaw from the dom of expression and log and writing a district able to go into a public
European Court of Hu- quoted from a. 54-page news column for the park without the fear of
man Rights.. . dossier quoting suppon- Observer. . their freedom being
Hc told Judge D Wyn ins: arguments from , ' Judge D Wyn Rces taken llway.
Rees that TralJwnts cases such as El ton John dismissed the appeaL "I did not take this
Welsh Liberal Democrat "Associated Newspa- pointing out it did not court action lightly. It
councll1or for Rhondda pcrs and Naomi Camp- disclose any .Inforrna-' was a last resort after
Cynon Taf. Councillor bell v Mirror Group lion rehtti.ng to,Mr Bish \negotiations with Mr
Mike Powell, had pos- Ncwspapers. .op's -personal' and . Powell failed." _
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