Barrister John Butterfield QC defends paying whistleblowers in public interest

Spoke at the trial of reporters who are accused of paying a prison officer for information on Jon Venables, the killer of James Bulger Representing a reporter who faces jail for making the child-killer Jon Venables feel 'down in the dumps', John Butterfield QC said: 'They call it crime - we call it democracy.' He went on to say: 'It is necessary and appropriate to reimburse whistleblowers against the risk they are going to get the sack.



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