Channel 7 anchor avoids charges after 'going off-script'
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Seven Network newsreader Peter Mitchell has avoided being charged with contempt of court after an on-air blunder while referring to an upcoming Melbourne murder trial.
Seven's lawyer Will Houghton QC made a "sincere and genuine apology" before Supreme Court of Victoria Justice Lex Lasry earlier in March for the mistake, the content of which cannot be reported for legal reasons.
Mr Houghton said the words Mitchell used were not part of the script.
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On Thursday, Justice Lasry said he would not refer the matter to the Department of Public Prosecutions for contempt.
He said he accepted the mistake was not deliberately made.
Mitchell, who appeared before the court previously, was not present in court today.
More to come.
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