Publication of pictures of patient on BMJ's website was mistake

Editorial by Smith EDITOR-Abbasi recently wrote a news article on the widespread distribution of a picture of a radiograph of a knife embedded in Alison Kennedy's skull. 1 The man who attacked Alison Kennedy was subsequently convicted of attempted murder. Does the editor believe that the owners of search engines have sought specific permission from the owners of all the web pages that might be used that their address may be identified?