Alan Tierney gets 10 months. Don't pick up the soap in the showers Al. There's something about the culture in Surrey Police this century...

The judge said it was "wholly against the public interest for those who hold public office cynically to profit out of the misery or unfortunate circumstances of those for whom they are responsible".

The court was told Tierney had sold the name and address of a witness to the Wood incident.

"The most serious aspect of the two offences is that, in relation to count two, the defendant provided the name and, most significantly, the address of the witness," said Mr Justice Fulford. "The fact that the individual coincidentally tried to sell the story to another newspaper is neither here nor there in terms of what this defendant had in mind. Put bluntly, it could easily have led to that witness withdrawing all co-operation as regards being a witness."



www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21954339

Surrey Police... Alan Tierney... Mark Williams Thomas... Brian Marjoram... Craig Denholm... all directly linked to Max Clifford... Hmmm

newsmotion.org/tags/craig-denholm

JK2006 wrote:
Alan Tierney gets 10 months. Don't pick up the soap in the showers Al. There's something about the culture in Surrey Police this century...

The judge said it was "wholly against the public interest for those who hold public office cynically to profit out of the misery or unfortunate circumstances of those for whom they are responsible".

The court was told Tierney had sold the name and address of a witness to the Wood incident.

"The most serious aspect of the two offences is that, in relation to count two, the defendant provided the name and, most significantly, the address of the witness," said Mr Justice Fulford. "The fact that the individual coincidentally tried to sell the story to another newspaper is neither here nor there in terms of what this defendant had in mind. Put bluntly, it could easily have led to that witness withdrawing all co-operation as regards being a witness."



www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21954339

I wonder how it could ever be in anyones interest to sell information to the Sun...

Well, it's of great interest to The Sun (great story; circulation increase)... to the person selling it, be they witness suddenly remembering stuff 40 years later or bent cops or bent screws... to the reader/viewer/listener... to the Judge who gets publicity for wisdom and sense...

In fact, it is of great interest to almost all the public, unfortunately.

and if I recall, on a recent TV 'expose' on the late Most Powerful Man In Britain & It's Dominions , a certain ex-detective from Surrey admitting leaking information to newspapers.

Historic crime?

JK2006 wrote:
Well, it's of great interest to The Sun (great story; circulation increase)... to the person selling it, be they witness suddenly remembering stuff 40 years later or bent cops or bent screws... to the reader/viewer/listener... to the Judge who gets publicity for wisdom and sense...

In fact, it is of great interest to almost all the public, unfortunately.

I suppose I thought they ment something like in the interests of the public as a whole or public safety or something...

If the police need to warn the public about something or find out important information to keep the public safe, i'd have thought there could be better channels for doing that that aren't so focused on making a profit etc.

I don't think it's good for newspapers to be involved with the law, it doesn't seem right...

Anonymous wrote:
JK2006 wrote:
Well, it's of great interest to The Sun (great story; circulation increase)... to the person selling it, be they witness suddenly remembering stuff 40 years later or bent cops or bent screws... to the reader/viewer/listener... to the Judge who gets publicity for wisdom and sense...

In fact, it is of great interest to almost all the public, unfortunately.

I suppose I thought they ment something like in the interests of the public as a whole or public safety or something...

If the police need to warn the public about something or find out important information to keep the public safe, i'd have thought there could be better channels for doing that that aren't so focused on making a profit etc.

I don't think it's good for newspapers to be involved with the law, it doesn't seem right...

Or politics. It means journalists run the country.