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Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

The original stuff seemingly sort of went away and then he went off sick on mental health grounds (with various people claiming he'd been incorrectly targetted). The charges against him now are relatively new, and he has been suspended now that there are legitimate charges. When the pay increase was put through there were no active charges (as far as had been reported, I assume he was being quietly investigated and evidence gathered).

As far as I understand anyway. He was only properly charged a few weeks back.

He was arrested in November and the BBC admit they knew about it.

It all smacks of a cover up and the BBC claiming they didnt have information that they could easily have requested from the MET.