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To: Corinne Fraser
Cc: Giles Martyn ; Bryan Doughty ; James Clemo
From: Janie Green
28 October 2012 at 08:13
OPERATION HUCKLEBERRY – WIBF BLOG UPDATE
Morning Corinne
Bryan and I have spoken about developments relating to the WIBF blog this morning – much of which he’s asked me not to refer to
directly in email – so we’ll speak about that. However, I can say that activity continues on the WIBF blog, in that last night a post
appeared suggesting police incompetency. In spite of that we are confident that what we discovered yesterday has taken the sting out of
its tail so that while it remains unpleasant and accusatory, no further privileged information was made public.
As of this morning, the blog owner has been contacted by ourselves by email and has been asked to take down the blog. We reminded
the blog owner of contempt of court and other legal issues and made it clear that we would take action against them if necessary. We’ve
not yet received a response, and we are not overly hopeful of their agreement, because the blog has a rapidly growing number of
followers. Best-case scenario might be that the knowledge that we are monitoring extremely closely at least keeps the content somewhat
under control, while we look into tracing the identity of the owner from the email address (apparently this could be complicated depending
on how smart they’ve been at covering their tracks). However, now that the blog lacks a source of confidential information about the
investigation, Bryan, Giles and I all feel that it shouldn’t be a worry to the extent that it was, even if it remains vindictive and aggressive,
which, as you’ll see below, seems to be the tone of much of the media this weekend. Anyway, I’ll keep you posted.
Round up of this morning’s press coverage relating to Operation Huckleberry to follow. The supplements are all over it – double spreads
etc. – usual mixture of sensible and scurrilous, some editorial and thought pieces too, and Rachel Jenner in particular is still a target.
Looking forward, I’m hopeful that with the blog out of the running or at least under control, we might be able to get some more positive
material out there to reinforce our efforts and encourage people to come forward.
Janie Green
Press Officer, Avon and Somerset Constabulary