Randall wrote:
By the way, like Pete I'm also bothered about the secrecy surrounding the material in these trials. We are all entitled to a public trial. I suspect that, like keeping the monster hidden off camera in a horror movie, it's a theatrical device so that "100 Vile Images â„¢" can be reported, instead of photos from Facebook of teenage girls at a slumber party.[/quote]

Just on this point, if the defendant is not named, I think it is because:

(a) defendant is not just on trial for internet CSA imagery but also for committing abuse.

(b) defendant is also on trial for abusing children known to him/her - who have the right to anonymity, and therefore the defendant also does, as to identify the children might identify the defendant

Also, as regards CSA images, there is a classification system (at least in the UK though it may vary from country to country) which rates the severity of possession on a scale from (IIRC) 1 to 4.

Granted, tabloid headlines usually go for the '100 Vile Images' approach.