Meirion Jones: Difference between revisions

In 2014, Jones was the joint producer with Owen Phillips of the ''[[Panorama (TV series)|Panorama]]'' about the ex-''[[News of the World]]'' undercover reporter [[Mazher Mahmood]] called “Fake Sheikh: Exposed”<ref name=guardian-20141113>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/nov/13/analysis-bbc-panorama-textbook-investigation-fake-sheikh-fresh-start-savile |title=BBC hopes 'textbook' investigation into 'fake sheikh' heralds fresh start |author=Jane Martinson |newspaper=The Guardian |date=13 November 2014 |access-date=7 December 2014}}</ref> which starting from the case of [[Tulisa Contostavlos]] alleged that many of [[Mazher Mahmood]]'s investigations had been dishonest. The broadcast was twice delayed and was finally transmitted on 12 November 2014. Following the programme the [[Crown Prosecution Service]] announced that they would reinvestigate 25 cases where people were convicted on Mahmood’s evidence.<ref name=guardian-20141204>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/dec/04/why-i-applaud-the-cps-inquiry-into-mazher-mahmoods-stories |title=Why I applaud the CPS inquiry into Mazher Mahmood's stories |author=Roy Greenslade |newspaper=The Guardian |date=4 December 2014 |access-date=7 December 2014}}</ref> [[Mazher Mahmood]] was convicted in October 2016 of conspiring to pervert the course of justice in the [[Tulisa Contostavlos]] case and sentenced to 15 months in prison.<ref name=guardian-20161021>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/oct/21/fake-sheikh-mazher-mahmood-jailed-for-15-months |title=Mazher Mahmood: 'Fake Sheikh' jailed for 15 months |author=Caroline Davies |newspaper=The Guardian |date=21 October 2016}}</ref>

 

 

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