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RichardCoulter · 10-08-2017, 19:35

The police have been criticised for paying a paedophile £10,000 to obtain information that helped to put 18 others behind bars:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...-a7885711.html

On the one hand I find this very unpalatable but, living in the real world where money talks, I can also can see why it was done for the greater good.

What do other cableforumers think?

10-08-2017, 19:35	#1
RichardCoulter cf.mega poster Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 10,180	Were the police right to pay a paedophile £10,000 for information? The police have been criticised for paying a paedophile £10,000 to obtain information that helped to put 18 others behind bars: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...-a7885711.html On the one hand I find this very unpalatable but, living in the real world where money talks, I can also can see why it was done for the greater good. What do other cableforumers think?