By John Glenday

Sir Keir Starmer, the former director of public prosecutions who oversaw the police investigation into alleged criminality by the News of the World has called for ongoing police investigations into industry malpractice to be wound up.

Calling for an ‘exit strategy’ Starmer said journalists should not face ‘automatic’ prosecution if they break the law as they needed ‘space’ to carry out investigations in the public interest.

Speaking to LBC Radio Starmer said: “There needs to a way of winding up the investigation in a sensible way. There needs to be a way of managing the cases down, I think, because it isn’t Read full story ›

Source: The Drum