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pauldj42 said:
Isn’t it balance though, some people in some cases have come forward once they believe it is safe to do so, (ie Child abuse cases) or to stand up for the accussed with alibi’s etc.
I certainly believe in innocent till proven guilty, but sometimes there is a rather large grey area.
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I have no problem with identities being made public after charges have been laid, and if that encourages other victims to come forward, then I’m all for that.

What I strongly object to is the identification of individuals and addresses etc, before charges have been made, this is the stuff of a kangaroo court, can only result in a world of pain if the people being questioned are innocent
 
PhilTheFragger said:
I have no problem with identities being made public after charges have been laid, and if that encourages other victims to come forward, then I’m all for that.

What I strongly object to is the identification of individuals and addresses etc, before charges have been made, this is the stuff of a kangaroo court, can only result in a world of pain if the people being questioned are innocent
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Have always thought nobody should be named until convicted.
Trouble is in some cases, once a name is out there, more people come forward and can report things.

Its like there needs to be different rules for different acquasations, but that is a ridiculous idea.
 
PhilTheFragger said:
I have no problem with identities being made public after charges have been laid, and if that encourages other victims to come forward, then I’m all for that.

What I strongly object to is the identification of individuals and addresses etc, before charges have been made, this is the stuff of a kangaroo court, can only result in a world of pain if the people being questioned are innocent
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I think the BBC have done what they usually do, age the suspects, their region and show their property. By doing that it prompts local's who may have snippets of information that when pieced together build a bigger picture of them and their actions.

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Bunkermagnet said:
I think the BBC have done what they usually do, age the suspects, their region and show their property. By doing that it prompts local's who may have snippets of information that when pieced together build a bigger picture of them and their actions.

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Isn’t that the polices job not the BBC?
 
Bunkermagnet said:
Of course, but it's normal for the police to release certain information for tactical reasons.

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I think the BBC are trying to compete with social media in this field .
If there’s police cars outside their house the twits on Twitter of this world don’t miss a trick.
But the BBC should not open themselves to court action by transmitting this stuff until some evidence is found and culprits charged at least.
 
clubchamp98 said:
Licence payers money again paying damages.
Will they carry on doing this?
It’s wrong really ,nobody should be named until at least charged.
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Why would the BBC pay damages ? Their names were released in a Telegraph report and right now nothing other than facts were shown , they were taken into questioning by the police they weren’t accused of anything and then released. Sue for what exactly ?
 
Liverpoolphil said:
Why would the BBC pay damages ? Their names were released in a Telegraph report and right now nothing other than facts were shown , they were taken into questioning by the police they weren’t accused of anything and then released. Sue for what exactly ?
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Am sure a good lawyer will think of something.

Didn’t they say in Cliffs case they only used the FACTS.
That didn’t go to well.
 
Don’t think the Beeb are necessarily at fault. The Torygraph was the one that published their pictures and names and if innocent I would suggest the couple have a decent case against that particular publication - defamation of character, intrusion, etc etc.
 
woofers said:
Don’t think the Beeb are necessarily at fault. The Torygraph was the one that published their pictures and names and if innocent I would suggest the couple have a decent case against that particular publication - defamation of character, intrusion, etc etc.
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The papers don’t do the news at ten though and I am sure it was on the BBC.
Just because it’s in the papers they don’t have to put it on prime time news tv.
 
Arrests and questioning before subsequent release without charge is just a normal part of police inquiries. It’s not a massive bungle or anything.
 
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