Evidence gathered by BBC reporter Guy Lynn helped convict Bishop Climate Wiseman in court.
Bishop Climate Wiseman was greeted by his supporters outside Inner London Crown Court during the trialA bishop who told his congregation they would drop dead from Covid if they did not buy his £91 protection kits has been found guilty of fraud.
But journalists aren't police officers and the requirements of a TV investigation are not in the same league as law enforcement. At the time, I had heard of many stories of scams targeting vulnerable people desperate for some protection from the virus. I explained the BBC never secretly carried out such an investigation without strong reasons for doing so and needed evidence in advance that can only be tested with undercover recording. I told him that any deception carried out had to be proportionate to the seriousness of what was being looked at, and kept to a bare minimum.
As part of the evidence presented in court, the undercover recording we obtained through phone conversations with employees of Bishop Climate Wiseman's church, who, it was argued, were under his control, was played in open court. I explained this was required because whenever we do an undercover recording at the BBC, we need to adopt only the amount of deception that is necessary.
If so, this would be of huge public concern, particularly as the oil had seemingly been sold to a lot of people.
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