Court camphone video footage man gets six months

A man has been given a six-month custodial sentence for taking photos in court with his mobile phone, reports the BBC.

"Shaun Nash, 19, also used the phone to take video footage while sitting in the public gallery during a robbery trial at Bristol Crown Court.

Nash, of Wilinton Road, Knowle West, pleaded guilty to contempt of court.

Sentencing Nash, Judge Michael Roach said: "What you did was extremely serious. The public need to know that mobile phones cannot be used in court."

For other related incidents from around the world:

-- A year in British jail for man using a cameraphone in court.

-- Man fined for taking a picture in South Wales court

-- Camera phones banned in Australia's courtrooms

-- Picture phones banned in Oakland County Courthouse

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