The media were in the dock again on Friday in the "Advocate Barbie" sex crimes trial after the tabloid Die Son published a picture of the accused - Cezanne Visser and Dirk Prinsloo - naked.
Defence counsel argued that the publication of the photograph amounted to contempt of court and crimen injuria.
They asked the court to invoke Section 205 of the Criminal Procedure Act and order Die Son to reveal the source of the picture.
"The publication of the photograph served no purpose of informing the public, only to humiliate and degrade the accused before court," Piet Coetzee argued for Prinsloo.
"They must walk down the street again. That photograph was private. It was for them to realise the beauty of their love. Now it is made ugly."
For Visser, Gerhard Botha argued that his client's right to dignity and privacy had been infringed in "the most horrible way".
"The photograph is so humiliating - it is over the whole page, look at it," he exclaimed. "Accused number two (Visser) is devastated."
The picture on page three shows the two naked, with Prinsloo leaning his head against Visser's surgically enhanced bosom while clutching her buttocks.
The matter will be dealt with in the form of a formal application supported by evidence and affidavits on March 8.
Judge Essop Patel expressed concern about the accused's dignity and privacy being invaded, and urged the media to exercise its discretion. - Sapa