elapsed, 40, 50 years in some cases have elapsed, and as lord savile said, memories elapsed, and as lord savile said, memories do get dimmed, and i think the other memories do get dimmed, and i think the other sad fact of life is that a number the other sad fact of life is that a number of the other sad fact of life is that a number of high profile trial cases have number of high profile trial cases have collapsed through lack of admissible evidence, and this really comes admissible evidence, and this really comes back to the issue that in principle comes back to the issue that in principle where you are able to conduct principle where you are able to conduct an investigation, and lay charges conduct an investigation, and lay charges and conduct a trial, they should charges and conduct a trial, they should be charges and conduct a trial, they should be a reasonable chance of prosecution, but if there is not admissible evidence, then you re not going admissible evid
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from the stepdad. we have got the police are investigating whether anything illegal happened. although they haven t lodged a criminal investigation. we have got the person saying nothing unlawful has happened, and we have got the stepdad saying that he went to the police and was told there was nothing illegal. so, tonight many of us are trying to figure out still what happened, and we are also trying to figure out whether it warrants the naming of the presenter. warrants the naming of the presenter- warrants the naming of the resenter. ., ~ , ., , . here to discuss this we have alison hastings, former chair of the bbc trust editorial standards committee she dealt with the savile inquiry and before that thejonathan ross/ russell brand scandal. and professorjonathan shalit, chairman and founder of the intertalent rights group, who has represents presenters such as susanna reid and andrew neil. welcome both of you. alison hastings, first of all, should the bbc have acted sooner? i am b
cabinet. the government initially refused on privacy grounds saying, you cannot see anything including stuff not actually relevant to the inquiry s work. the inquiry said, we should see everything and we decide what is relevant, a position supported today by lord savile, the chair of the public inquiry into bloody sunday. borisjohnson too has been keen to pile on pressure saying he has handed everything over to the government and he urged them to disclose it to the inquiry. we expect to hear from the cabinet office later under the threat of prosecution if they are going to now change their position. change their position. thank you, leila nathoo, change their position. thank you, leila nathoo, at change their position. thank you, leila nathoo, at westminster. . the labour mp geraint davies has been suspended from the party while it investigates claims of what it s called completely unacceptable behaviour. labour says the allegations against the mp for swansea west are incredibly se