 On 18 June 2009, Syvret appeared before at the Magistrate's Court charged with driving without a valid licence between September 2006 and April 2008.On 9 July 2009, Syvret was charged with breaches of data protection laws relating to his blog article about "Nurse M".Syvret pleaded not guilty and argued that his prosecution was an abuse of process and the charges should be struck out.