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By HoldtheFrontPage staff
The majority of complaints made to the Press Complaints Commission, which raise a possible breach of the Code of Practice, are resolved directly between the Commission's staff, editors and complainants.
These are either settled to the express satisfaction of the complainant following some remedial action by the editor or are not pursued by complainants following an explanation or other response from the publication. ...
Express and Echo (Exeter)
Peter Richards of Kent complained that an article had inaccurately portrayed his deceased father who was a witness in the trial of a priest convicted of sexual abuse against children. (Clause 1)
Resolution: The complaint was resolved when the newspaper published a second article which made clear that the complainant’s father was not at fault.