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Originally Posted by Livia

Absolutely they're guilty and they deserve to be punished. But is it okay for the press and, in particular, the publicly funded BBC, to entice people into breaking the law in order to boost programme ratings or newspaper sales? If it's okay to entrap MPs, then presumably it's okay for the press to entrap anyone to make a story.

Entrapment is committing an offence that they are unlikely to commit. I don't think this guy was unlikely to follow thru when offered money. The ends justifies the means IMO.