Judge denies father bail in children’s deaths case, freedom of the press questioned

The father accused of negligence leading to the deaths of his two young children was on Thursday ordered to remain in police custody by a British Bases court which ruled the seriousness of the allegations and the risk of absconding outweighed arguments for his release.

The emotionally-charged hearing, was marked not only by arguments over whether the defendant should remain behind bars, but also by an unusual exchange between the bench and journalists over freedom of the press....