Lawyers are lawyers, prosecutors or defenders. They both are guilty of promoting their clients, be them the defendants or the Queen. The Judge(probably a Justice of the Peace) did the right thing in issuing a publication ban as soon as he could so as not to taint the potential jury pool(good luck).
I will admit, that if a person has been charged with an offence, chances are they're probably guilty, but until it's proven in a court of law, they're presumed innocent. The government, by chargeing these people with criminal offences is suppost to promote their guilt, that's why charges where laid.