WHY?

• Posted by Cristine Jennifer Shye. BL. B/acc July 18, 2018 1,670 views
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  https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6806161/cliff-richard-to-get-ruling-on-whether-bbc-breached-his-privacy-by-filming-child-abuse-raid/

   

  Why did the police allow the press into the premises to film the search in progress in the first instance, the basis of obtaining evidence is to preserve the scene/premises from contamination, this film would be judged prejudicial to any further case, 

   

  ''He said seeing coverage of the search at his apartment was like "watching burglars" going through his belongings and that he has never lived in the apartment again because it's "contaminated''

   

  He watched the live coverage unfold from Portugal and told the court he could see cops "going through the drawers" in one of the rooms.

  Reporter Dan Johnson had received a tip off from South Yorkshire Police about the raid.

  The star added: “What the BBC did to me was very wrong. I was portrayed as a sex offender around the world before I had even been questioned by police.”

  What if, they the police had found embarrassing but innocent items, unrelated to any perceived crime would they have held them up for the BBC cameras, laughed and shouted eureka?