Martin Bashir was rehired by BBC chiefs in 2016 without a single question at his interview about his past controversies, it was claimed yesterday. Last night John Ware, the veteran journalist who investigated Bashir for a Panorama special last week, told the Mail: 'I understand no questions were asked about his past. Anyone who knows anything about Bashir's past fell off their chairs when he was reappointed to the BBC.' An inquiry is under way into why the disgraced reporter was taken on again at the corporation in 2016. But the panel didn't ask questions about his past.'

Source: Daily Mail May 28, 2021 21:01 UTC