The " Human Headline " !

Here we go again !   Derryn Hinch - the man known as the " Human Headline " is in the news again for breaching a court imposed suppression order and publishing details about Jill Meagher's killer.

This " serial lawbreaker " has been ordered to pay a $ 100,000 fine within 90 days - or face 50 days in prison.   If he chooses the prison option, he may find it a particularly " unpleasant experience " as his rantings have made him very unpopular with many of his fellow prisoners.

Of course thumbing his nose at the law is what keeps Hinch's ratings high and justifies the big salary he earns as a " media celebrity ", and because of his fame the bench leans over backwards to keep him out of prison.

In 2011 he was in trouble for naming sex offenders subjected to suppression orders.   He served that prison time by way of home detention, because he was recovering from a liver transplant.   He has never shown the slightest remorse for his actions - and he continues to ignore suppression orders.

To some people, he must seem like a champion defending their rights, but in reality this is just " theatre " designed to keep his name before the public and we can expect his legal team to take up their violins and bewail the risk he would face if he has to serve time behind bars - with violent criminals who would seek to do him harm.

Hinch is 69 years old - and perhaps he has traded on his fame keeping him out of prison too often.    There is every liklihood that if he is granted mercy in this current case, within weeks or months he will again be in the headlines - and before another court.

Eventually, reality has to catch up with serial lawbreakers !