Police 'should confirm names'
Attorney General Dominic Grieve has told ITV News the police should confirm a suspect’s name if the press have identified them and asked for confirmation.
Attorney General: Police 'should confirm names' to media
Detectives investigating the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal have arrested yet another suspect in his seventies.
He has not been named - in line with current police procedure.
But the Attorney General, Dominic Grieve, has told ITV News that it is sensible for police to confirm a name if the media are already reporting it.
UK Editor Lucy Manning reports:
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