Article 64MH3 Senior female BBC employees say corporation ‘ignored’ harassment by DJ

Senior female BBC employees say corporation ‘ignored’ harassment by DJ

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Helen Pidd North of England editor
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Four women say BBC failed to act until high-profile man became Alex Belfield target, and still refuses independent inquiry

The BBC has been accused by senior female employees of failing to help them during a 10-year campaign of harassment against them by a former local radio presenter, Alex Belfield, who is now in jail for stalking.

The women - who include the corporation's outgoing director of BBC England, Helen Thomas - are furious that the BBC wouldn't commission an independent investigation into how it ignored" their suffering until a high-profile man, Jeremy Vine, became a Belfield target.

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