It is a matter of common sense, he explains, if people broadcast or publish material which is prejudicial it can create a risk, "mere unpleasantness" doesn't meet that test.

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Tamakloe's lawyers argued that the GFA's own regulations defined misconduct as "embezzlement, inefficiency, non-attendance of three consecutive meetings, or acting in a manner prejudicial to the interest of the GFA" and insisted that the association's chairman had not committed any of the offences since assuming office in April this year.

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Mr Adams said the men's lawyers said the hearings and his presence at them could "well be prejudicial to any possibility of a fair trial".

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