Seven commentator Derryn Hinch takes to Twitter to name Australian celebrity arrested over sex allegations
Broadcaster Derryn Hinch has taken to Twitter to name the Australian celebrity allegedly arrested by police involved in the inquiry into the sexual misconduct of Jimmy Savile.
Hinch – who was sacked by Melbourne radio station 3AW last year and is now a national affairs commentator for the Seven Network – tweeted a message this evening saying: “Strange media not naming (name removed by Mumbrella) after Police interviews in widened Jimmy Saville inquiry. Would name footballer here if accused.”
So far, mainstream Australian media has not named the Australian entertainer who lives in the UK, referring to him only as an 82-year-old man living in Berkshire.
In 2011, Hinch was found guilty of breaching suppression orders by publicly naming sex offenders. It led to a period of home detention.
The entertainer’s name is also being widely disseminated by other Twitter users.
March 31 update: Sunday Telegraph deputy editor Claire Harvey has written a column explaining why the newspaper has not named the entertainer. She writes:
“So why do I think it’s not fair to name him?
“Not because I’m scared of any legal penalty for doing so, or because I’m worried about what the print media’s self-regulator, the Australian Press Council, might do to me.
“It’s because I believe we have absolutely no right to jump past the legal process.
“But people are named all the time as being questioned by police, you might argue. Sure – but they’re not hugely famous international celebrities.
“We have no confirmation – beyond gossip – of what this entertainer is supposed to have done.”
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I’m not shocked that Hinch would pull such a stunt, he’s done it before with other celebs, but I am shocked about the actual person named. My childhood memories are now ruined.
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He has been named at Pedestrian TV in the comments.
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It’s easy to find out who it is if you do a little research!
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There was a large article a year ago when investigations began, it’s still online – if it turns out to be true then media have shown unusual forbearance.
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Hinch’s point, that a footballer would have been named by now is 100% true.
It’s just “the artz” sticking up for one of their own in their usual hypocritical, luvvie way.
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I’m also confused as to why the media is so coy at mentioning his name. It isn’t as if he was just questioned – HE HAS BEEN ARRESTED.
Why did the media mention the name of the ‘Hey Dad’ star who was merely accused -not even arrested?
The media seems to be claiming “Public knowledge of being arrested can be harmful to someone – because the person may be innocent – so we have a policy of only harming non-celebrities this way?”
How is that ethical? You think everyone knowing that your Uncle was arrested during a child-porn inquiry will not devastate his life?
Mac
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The ignorance demonstrated by people including Hinch on this subject is breathtaking.
Arrest in the UK can be far different to arrest here : a person can be arrested to enable police to pose certain questions whereas in Australia they may simply be invited to the station.
The arrested person in Britain may have only be questioned under arrest because they are an important witness to other matters.
There may be very god operational reasons why an arrested person is not named : silence may be paramount in an investigation- the police may not wish to alert other suspects and so on.
The British police stating that the person in question has been arrested and questioned NOT on matters of children.
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Let’s face it. We all know who it is. Not too many 82 year-old Australian iconic entertainers living in the UK.
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Before starting a witch hunt and public stoning, simply read this SBS article which clearly states the process undertaken by the British police!
“A MET spokesman told AAP there were three categories of people subject to the investigation: Savile himself, people close to the presenter and “others”.
“The 82-year-old is in the last category which “is generally people who were in the public spotlight at around that time”, the spokesman said on Friday.”
Here is the story link:
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/art.....buse-probe
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UK police named an 82 year old Australian entertainer residing in Berkshire.
I Googled a few of those keywords a few days back (before the SERPS were full of recent articles) and found an article that confirmed that (edited by Mumbrella) resided in Berkshire.
He is now 83. Innocent until proven guilty. Very sad!
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I googled
“82 year old Australian entertainer residing in Berkshire”
I’m not sure why the media is so shy to publish his name. It’s not like it’s hidden, or even remotely hard to find.
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@Ella. I agree with you.
I just feel it is strange why the police would give us enough to know who they have arrested? That is the bit I cannot understand? If they want to keep it quiet, then keep it quiet; Aussie entertainer, 82, lives in Berkshire UK = we can all find out who they mean, so why give us this much info in the first place?
The arrested party might have done nothing wrong yet we now have a public witch hunt going on?
Can anybody explain why we have ‘kind off’ been told who it is, without being told who it is. Why would the police do that? To see if there are any victims who come forward? Perhaps a cop has messed up? Why?
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@Oscar
“The arrested person in Britain may have only be questioned under arrest because they are an important witness to other matters.”
I am afraid that is not true – witnesses in the UK are not arrested and a Police officer may only arrest you if they have cause to believe that you have committed an offence.
However…
Operation Yewtree have been arresting a lot of old celebrities and it’s obvious that charges are not going to result from most of these arrests because the allegations are so old and there’s little chance of a conviction.
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A brief moment of discretion from the media.
Normal service will resume as soon as possible.
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There is no legal reason why this man’s name isn’t released so really derryn did nothing wrong
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