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Old May 15th 09, 09:02 PM posted to uk.transport.london,misc.transport.urban-transit,uk.railway
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Default Photography diplomatic incident

On May 15, 6:29*am, Theo Markettos
wrote:
Found in a Greek newspaper (in English):

"A 53-year-old Greek amateur photographer will be tried in a London court on
Monday on charges of 'causing public harassment, alarm or distress' after
photographing a young girl during a journey on the British capital's
Underground, provoking protests from from the child's mother."

http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w...0_15/05/2009_1...

This does raise some interesting questions. Like: What about people,
especially children, who step into a photographer's viewfinder just as
he, or she, takes the shot? This is very likely to happen in transit
type of situations.