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Kenny Richey · Joined: 15 Apr 2009 Posts: 1 Location: USA

First of all I would like to thank everyone who has sent me condolences after my father's death.

I would also like to thank people for their continued support of me.

I was with my dad when he died and he died holding my hand. It was very peaceful in the end thank God. I am so glad I managed to get here on time.

Contrary to the wild speculations and unverified reports, that have become a common practice with The Sun newspaper and it's staff, I am handling my fathers death well.

http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/s.../homepage/news/article2377311.ece

And for the past 8 days I have been spending my time gardening and landscaping in my fathers garden.

I haven't even had a drink since I left Scotland!

I am getting time to get my life in order and have been enjoying the calm and peaceful time I am spending here.

My brother, Steven and my family know exactly where I am.

This is just another attempt by The Sun Newspaper to blacken my name. Something they take great pleasure in trying to do every chance they get! They enjoy writing any crap they can about me. No matter how wrong or false it is. They just plain refuse to check their facts and sources. Especially when it pertains to me.

I would like to state for the record that I have no intention of going anywhere near Ohio or Putnam County. This is yet another rumour that has been going around with no truth in it whatsoever. I am not out for revenge on anyone either. This rumour is yet another one of these false stories designed to incite reaction.

I have taken enough crap from The Sun. Enough is enough! I am now seeking legal advice about taking legal action against The Sun.

I am not even in Scotland and I am not in contact with reporters from The Sun, yet it seems they cannot stop writing about me.

I am trying hard to get my life sorted out after all I have been through and so I would appreciate if these stories with no truth in them whatsoever would cease now.

This is outright harrasment!

I just want to be left to get on with my life and try to move on from the ordeal I endured for over 21 years and to mourn my father's death in peace.

I am sorry I have had to resort to putting this on the website but enough is enough.

Take care of yourselves and thank you for everything

Kenny Richey

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scotkaz · Joined: 28 Aug 2008 Posts: 527

http://www.pcc.org.uk/cop/practice.html

Some excerpts from the Code of Practice. Seems to me several of the rules have already been broken. Especially after reading todays latest installment.

Accuracy

i) The Press must take care not to publish inaccurate, misleading or distorted information, including pictures.

ii) A significant inaccuracy, misleading statement or distortion once recognised must be corrected, promptly and with due prominence, and - where appropriate - an apology published.

iii) The Press, whilst free to be partisan, must distinguish clearly between comment, conjecture and fact.

iv) A publication must report fairly and accurately the outcome of an action for defamation to which it has been a party, unless an agreed settlement states otherwise, or an agreed statement is published.

*Privacy

i) Everyone is entitled to respect for his or her private and family life, home, health and correspondence, including digital communications. Editors will be expected to justify intrusions into any individual's private life without consent.

ii) It is unacceptable to photograph individuals in a private place without their consent.

Note - Private places are public or private property where there is a reasonable expectation of privacy.

*Harassment

i) Journalists must not engage in intimidation, harassment or persistent pursuit.

ii) They must not persist in questioning, telephoning, pursuing or photographing individuals once asked to desist; nor remain on their property when asked to leave and must not follow them.

iii) Editors must ensure these principles are observed by those working for them and take care not to use non-compliant material from other sources

*Reporting of Crime

(i) Relatives or friends of persons convicted or accused of crime should not generally be identified without their consent, unless they are genuinely relevant to the story.

(ii) Particular regard should be paid to the potentially vulnerable position of children who witness, or are victims of, crime. This should not restrict the right to report legal proceedings.

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*Clandestine devices and subterfuge

i) The press must not seek to obtain or publish material acquired by using hidden cameras or clandestine listening devices; or by intercepting private or mobile telephone calls, messages or emails; or by the unauthorised removal of documents or photographs; or by accessing digitally-held private information without consent.

ii) Engaging in misrepresentation or subterfuge, including by agents or intermediaries, can generally be justified only in the public interest and then only when the material cannot be obtained by other means.

Confidential sources

Journalists have a moral obligation to protect confidential sources of information.

The public interest

There may be exceptions to the clauses marked * where they can be demonstrated to be in the public interest.

1. The public interest includes, but is not confined to:
i) Detecting or exposing crime or serious impropriety.
ii) Protecting public health and safety.
iii) Preventing the public from being misled by an action or statement of an individual or organisation.

2. There is a public interest in freedom of expression itself.

3. Whenever the public interest is invoked, the PCC will require editors to demonstrate fully how the public interest was served.

4. The PCC will consider the extent to which material is already in the public domain, or will become so.

5. In cases involving children under 16, editors must demonstrate an exceptional public interest to over-ride the normally paramount interest of the child.

Big Wullie · Joined: 25 Apr 2007 Posts: 1149 Location: Glasgow

It seems to me they are out to get Kenny Richey and cause nothing but trouble for him.

Perhaps he should go and see Tommy Sheridan's Lawyers who might be able to put a stop to these unfounded stories.