By Angela Haggerty

A reporter who was served with a harassment warning for approaching a convicted fraudster for comment has spoken of fears that authorities believe it’s “open season” on journalists.

Gareth Davies, chief reporter at the Croydon Advertiser, was given a “prevention of harassment notice” by three Metropolitan police officers after he approached Neelam Desai for comment as part of an investigation. Desai will be sentenced later this month after pleading guilty to fraud.

According to Davies, one police officer told him: “You say you were just doing your job, but that’s what the News of the World and the phone hackers said.”

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Source: The Drum