Good morning! Another week almost done and dusted and, as always, it's been another busy one for us. I just wanted to start off by referencing our story from Thursday night. We were approached by the victim of a sexual assault to tell her story and she didn't want to be named and legally she has the right to lifelong anonymity. On this occasion she wanted it known to the public the affect his actions had on her ever since. She felt he had got away with ruining the few years since, and more than likely many more of her life to come. He was given a one year probation order. For her, that wasn't even a slap on the wrist. Covering courts comes with all sorts of occupational hazards. Courts and Council have long been the two staples of local media but with the courts we see all sorts of varying sentences for various types of crimes – perplexing to us at times and it certainly doesn't go unnoticed in public.In terms of the hazards; as the messenger, we often feel the wrath of those convicted – those mentioned on the website. Just to note, it is a judge who passes down sentence, after the prosecution service has prosecuted the defendant, on the evidence gathered by the police, after the police have been contacted (usually) by a complainant.We do not report anything other than what a defence, or prosecution solicitor, says in open court – we can't. That fact is often lost on those who target us claiming we only report one side of a story, or told to get our facts right; they're not our facts, as we are reporting the facts as outlined by the court. If we stray from those facts outlined in open court we are in real danger of opening ourselves up to legal action. It's a fine line we have to tread.