Mr Gosling had claimed that he had smothered his same-sex lover as the man lay seriously ill in hospital with AIDS. But doubts soon emerged over his story. A source close to the police also criticised the BBC for airing the program without checking whether Mr Gosling’s claims were correct.
At the time the BBC programme was the latest in a series of high profile assisted suicide programmes broadcast by the Corporation. And it came after a group of MPs accused the broadcaster of conducting a “multi-million pound campaign” to promote euthanasia. BBC producers who privately knew about the confession for two months also failed to notify the police.
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