ThisisBigBrother.com - UK TV Forums - Court orders broadcasters to hand riot footage to Met

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15024354

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Untransmitted video from August's riots in London has been handed to police by the BBC, ITN and Sky News after Scotland Yard obtained court orders against the media organisations.

Production orders were made under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.

The Metropolitan Police said it was "identifying people through pictures, CCTV and through the media to ensure that people are brought to justice".

The BBC said material was only supplied when a court requested it.

A spokeswoman said: "Police requests for BBC untransmitted material are dealt through our legal department, regardless of the subject matter.

"We require requests for untransmitted material to be made through the courts. A production order requiring footage of the riots was served on the BBC and a court agreed that the material should be supplied."

For those rioters who thought they'd got away with their ill-gotten gains - think again when you hear a knock on the door ..... :evilgrin: