Scott Mills Scandal Deepens: BBC Admits It Was Aware Of 2017 Police Probe Into Presenter
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Scott Mills Scandal Deepens: BBC Admits It Was Aware Of 2017 Police Probe Into Presenter
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The BBC has confirmed it was aware that Scott Mills, one of its highest-profile radio presenters, was the subject of a police investigation in 2017.
In a statement on Wednesday, the BBC said it knew that Mills was being investigated over allegations of serious sexual offences against a teenage boy.
The case closed in 2019 after prosecutors said there was insufficient evidence to pursue the matter in court. Mills is yet to comment after being fired by the BBC in recent days.
The BBC’s admission raises serious questions about why the corporation kept Mills on-air in 2017, when he was a prominent fixture on Radio 1. Ben Cooper was in charge of the radio station at the time, while Tony Hall was BBC director general.
>”*insufficient evidence to pursue the matter in court*”
Strange that this was a sacking and not a suspension pending an internal investigation. Because as far as we know, there has been no conviction, let alone a formal accusation (following new allegations that BBC recently received).
Probe isn’t being guilty (yet)
I still don’t understand how or why we haven’t had an explanation as to the specific reason/s he was sacked.
To me, insufficient evidence, morally, doesn’t mean he is not done a crime, of course, however, criminally and legally, it does. Case closed in 2019. So why 7 years later has he been sacked?