Seven Police Officers and a WhatsApp Group: What Could Go Wrong?

Higson-Bliss, Laura

Abstract

Provides a case comment on the recent matter of Cobban & Borders v DPP [2024] EWHC 1908 (Admin) following a High Court Appeal on the Appellants original convictions of sending grossly offensive communications as prohibited under to s.127(1) of the Communications Act 2003. This is an interesting case as it ‘appears to be the first time that the application of section 127 of the 2003 Act [...] to private consensual messaging has come before the senior courts.’ Both Appellants were serving police officers at the time in which the messages were sent.

Citation

Higson-Bliss, L. (2024). Seven Police Officers and a WhatsApp Group: What Could Go Wrong?. Journal of Criminal Law, https://doi.org/10.1177/00220183241299610

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 20, 2024
• Publication Date: Nov 25, 2024
• Deposit Date: Sep 24, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 24, 2024
• Journal: The Journal of Criminal Law
• Print ISSN: 1740-5580
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/00220183241299610
• Public URL: https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/924210