Caution should be exercised when TV cameras are allowed into courtrooms, a lawyer has urged.
Roderick Campbell, an SNP MSP and a Faculty of Advocates member, said he is not fully convinced there is a genuine case for televising trials.
Cameras have occasionally been permitted into Scottish courts but he warned against turning cases into entertainment.
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