A BBC Radio presenter was in "serious
breach" of its Editorial
Guidelines during interviews with Christian Legal Centre client Rev Barry
Trayhorn and case worker Libby Powell, the BBC Trust has
ruled.
In its report, the Trust also said that BBC Three Counties Radio
presenter Iain Lee had been "unduly
confrontational" by including
personal attacks in the interviews.
Libby Powell and Barry Trayhorn had agreed to do the interviews with
Three Counties Radio, who wished to discuss Barry's case.
Barry felt compelled to resign after Bible verses he quoted during a
chapel service provoked an aggressive response from prison authorities. With the
help of the Christian Legal Centre he has taken his case to an Employment
Tribunal, and is now awaiting the
result of the hearing. Christian
Concern.
