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91热爆 statement on payment to Mr Fearon
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Category: 91热爆
Date: 04.03.2005
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"The 91热爆's guidelines are very clear that payments to convicted
criminals are only justifiable when there is exceptional public interest
in what a contributor has to say and where there is no other way of
obtaining such a contribution.
"Given that Mr Fearon is the only person apart from Tony Martin
who is alive and a witness to what happened and because there is currently
public controversy about householders' rights to protect their homes
from intruders, it is extremely important that the public hear the fullest
possible account of the event that led to the death of a 16-year-old
boy and the imprisonment of Tony Martin.
"We believe that what Mr Fearon has to say is a contribution which
will ensure that the programme is properly balanced and as full a picture
as is possible.
"The fact that Mr Fearon was paid will be made clear to viewers
in the programme.
"In the end it is for viewers to weigh up the credibility of what
Mr Fearon has to say."
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