The BBC pulled a planned exposé of Sun on Sunday journalist Mazher Mahmood, after a last-minute intervention from his lawyers, despite winning an earlier appeal to reveal the identity of the man known as the “fake sheikh”.
The BBC said it was keen to show Fake Sheikh: Exposed later this week in a special edition of the programme rather than waiting for next Monday. In a statement sent after the programme was due to start, a spokesman said: “The BBC had intended to broadcast Panorama, Fake Sheikh: Exposed tonight following the court of appeal’s decision earlier today to allow the BBC to broadcast images of Mazher Mahmood.
“Shortly before transmission, Mr Mahmood’s lawyers submitted new information relating to one of the cases in the programme which, as a responsible broadcaster, the BBC needs to evaluate. Once this has been done, we will broadcast Fake Sheikh: Exposed, including recent footage of Mr Mahmood, as planned.”
Source: The Guardian
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