UK: Smith review ‘already avoids prejudicing ongoing police cases’

Dame Janet Smith

Mystery deepened over the delay at the BBC in the Jimmy Savile inquiry as Exaro established that it takes account of police concerns about “prejudice”.

Exaro can reveal that Dame Janet Smith, a retired judge, has closely heeded police advice about potential prejudice to their ongoing cases as she worked on her review of the BBC’s failure to stop Savile’s sexual abuse linked to his work at the broadcaster.

BBC sources also revealed to Exaro that Smith has already taken full account of police anxieties about the possibility of prejudicing any current cases in how she has written her long-awaited report.  (more...)

Smith review ‘already avoids prejudicing ongoing police cases’

Journalistic complicity in a cover-up?

Why let your good smear campaign be spoiled with the facts, David Aaronovitch