BBC to pay damages to former producer sacked over Diana interview concerns

Mark Killick was sacked after raising concerns about Martin Bashir's 1995 interview with Princess of Wales

The BBC has agreed to pay a significant sum" to the former Panorama journalist Mark Killick, who was sacked after raising concerns over Martin Bashir's 1995 interview with Diana, Princess of Wales, and has apologised unreservedly".

Killick, who was a senior producer and reporter on the programme, first alerted his former employer to the existence of forged bank statements used to convince the late Princess of Wales to give the interview. He was sacked within 24 hours.