UNITED KINGDOM
The Guardian
Vikram Dodd
The Guardian, Friday 15 August 2014
Police investigating a claim of sexual abuse by Sir Cliff Richard on Friday said new people had come forward with information after media coverage of a raid by detectives on the home of the entertainer.
Richard’s property in Sunningdale, Berkshire, was searched on Thursday by detectives investigating a single claim of the sexual abuse of a boy aged under 16 at an evangelical rally held by Billy Graham in Sheffield in 1985 at which the singer performed.
The search is mired in controversy because the BBC had journalists, who apparently knew the raid was going to take place, waiting for the police outside.
South Yorkshire police on Friday said they had worked with the BBC ahead of the raid, but denied being the source of the leak. …
Police raided Richard’s home over allegations of a sexual assault at a rally held by the US evangelical preacher Billy Graham nearly 30 years ago.
Richard said on Thursday that he had been aware of rumours circulating on the internet for some time, but that the allegation was “completely false”. The police raid, he added, was “without notice, except, it would appear, to the press”.
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