Judge defies the rules by jailing woman for contempt of court in secret because naming her will lead to her daughter being identified

new Thursday 22nd January 2015 

‘A High Court judge has ordered the name of a woman sent to prison to be kept from the public – despite rules saying no one should be jailed in secret.
Mrs Justice Roberts defied instructions from Britain’s most senior judges by banning her from being identified.
The single mother, who was jailed for seven days for contempt of court, was suspected of planning to flee the UK to stop social workers taking her daughter into care.
She was found guilty after failing to surrender her passport and the girl’s on a court’s orders.’
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