First Televised Court Hearing Under Way

Legal proceedings are under way at the Court of Appeal in the first court case in England to be televised.

Convicted counterfeiter Kevin Fisher - the ringleader of a three-man gang that created hundreds of thousands of fake £1 coins - is applying for leave to appeal against his sentence of seven years.

His legal counsel is Alexander Cameron QC, brother of Prime Minister David Cameron.

It is a moment of legal and broadcasting history, as Sky News' cameras film inside the Royal Courts of Justice for the first time.

Cameras have been banned from courts in England and Wales since 1925.

Alexander Cameron QC, brother of the Prime Minister

The rules in Scottish courts are different and earlier this year cameras were allowed to film a murder trial - but only with the permission of all the participants, including the defendant.

Sky News and other broadcasters have been campaigning for a decade for cameras to be allowed to show all trials.

After prolonged negotiations, the Government and the judiciary have agreed to allow cameras inside certain courtrooms.

Sky's Ian Woods said: "This was a case which was handled at Crown Court back in May and Kevin Fisher, as the ringleader of a three-man gang was given a seven-year sentence.

"What his QC is appearing to be arguing in front of the judges is that too much consideration was given to the amount of forged coins that were made.

"When the police discovered the forged coins they also found a huge number of blank coins as well which could be made into forged coins.

"It would seem to be that they are arguing that even though the judge was suggesting that the number of coins reached a face value of £1.5m there weren't actually £1.5m worth of fake coins."

Fisher is not in court for the hearing.

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