"Do not take this picture"

Earlier this month, The Independent newspaper highlighted several recent cases of photographers who were questioned by UK police after taking photos in public. Alex Turner was arrested for photographing two police officers who questioned him after he took photos in Chatham.

Not included in the 3rd December Independent report are the cases of Bob Patefield, Simona Bonomo, and Pericles Antoniou. Patefield was arrested in Accrington yesterday, after photographing Christmas festivities in the town centre. Bonomo was arrested a month earlier while filming buildings in Paddington, London. Antoniou was arrested in May after he took photos on the London Underground.