Stephen Fry and Al Murray accompany Preiskel team at the Courts of Justice on Twitter Joke Trial Appeal

For more information, please see the BBC link  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18607798 or follow it on twitter at #twitterjoketrial.  There were articles in most of the leading newspapers, the Telegraph article being at

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/9359211/John-Betjeman-would-have-been-prosecuted-under-Twitter-joke-laws-court-hears.html

the trial is being covered internationally and Al Jazeera posted quite an informative video:

http://www.aljazeera.com/video/europe/2012/06/2012627141548515236.html

A more in depth analysis of the legal position is set out in the WhosWhoLegal Regulatory Communications Lawyers publication in November 2011, written by David Allen Green and Daniel Preiskel in anticipation of the appeal in 2012

http://www.whoswholegal.com/news/features/article/29377/the-twitter-joke-trial-high-profile-uk-legal-case-social-media-criminal-liability/