A key argumentDutroux, Marc of this chapter is that a highly mediatised trialMediatised trial does not preclude the pursuit of legitimate aims. Assessing trial by mediaTrial by media requires a balancing exercise between the media’s freedom to report and the public’s right to know, on the one hand, and various competing interests, on the other. The case study at the heart of this chapter concerns the fatal student hazing of Sanda DiaDia, Sanda, a minority-ethnic BelgianBelgium student studying at Leuven University who died in 2018 during an initiation held by the elite, predominantly white fraternity called ‘Reuzegom’. The sentences which the perpetrators received were publicly criticised for being unduly lenient, causing an outcry on social media and triggering street protests. The case attracted intense media interest, bolstered by the active campaigning of Sanda’s family and friends. Defence lawyers, by contrast, voiced concerns that their clients were subjected to trial by media and denounced the media treatment of the case. Whether the media campaign should be classed as a legitimate form of justice seeking or a ‘witch-hunt’ became a bone of contention. Against this backdrop, I consider a number of characteristics which, I argue, place the media attention which the case garnered in the category of legitimate media scrutiny.