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Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

TBF on the pay rise I genuinely reckon that will have been contractually pre-arranged and they wouldn't have had grounds to break the contract while he was just "under investigation" without opening themselves up to legal action had nothing come of the accusations. It's different now that he's been charged. I doubt they sat round a table and said "Let's give him more money!" they'll have consulted a legal team and been advised to honour what was in his current contract (for the time being).

I thought he was suspended. IF so then the pay rise should have been suspended too.

I think they had another brain fart or they thought the charges would go away. Either way I see nothing other than incompetence by the BBC ,again.