Newspaper websites name injunction footballer

The Times, Guardian , Mirror and MailOnline websites all quickly identified the footballer named in the House of Commons by MP John Hemming this afternoon. Some other media remained more cautious as an injunction remains in force. The BBC later followed Sky News in naming Ryan Giggs as did the Sun, the Telegraph and even the Financial Times.

Hemming told Sky News he had decided to name the footballer after he had threatened to sue Twitter.

They think it's all over...MP names footballer

Sky News has reported that Ryan Giggs has been named by an MP in the House of Commons as the person identified on Twitter in the context of injunctions.

The MP, Lib Dem John Hemming, also named Times' journalist Giles Coren as the journalist who had been reported for possible contempt for mentioning a footballer on Twitter.