Judge David Stone rejects the need for a complete publication ban on pretrial hearings.
"Under Canadian law, reporters are allowed to attend the hearings but cannot publish details of the evidence until it is presented to a jury at a trial.
Defense attorney Peter Ritchie had complained the court's standard publication ban was inadequate because this case was getting international media coverage and the law cannot cover foreign journalists, whose material would be available in Canada via the Internet and other means."
Pretrial hearing scheduled to begin January 13, 2003.
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