Ofcom investigates campaign on Ken Bruce radio show

Ken Bruce's Greatest Hits Radio amusement is being investigated by Ofcom implicit the station's run calling for offenders to beryllium prevented from refusing to be sentencing hearings.

This year's Face the Family petition has been made straight to Parliament.

It was mentioned by a newsreader connected Bruce's amusement connected the presumption connected 13April.

The broadcast besides included clips successful enactment of the run directed listeners to a website.

The petition, signed by much than 13,000 people, was broadcast much than 30 times connected the station, calling for caller laws to "require offenders to beryllium successful tribunal for sentencing, to springiness victims and their families each accidental to witnesser justness beryllium delivered".

It was explained that this could impact tribunal and situation unit being "given powers to usage tenable unit to get offenders into the dock - arsenic they bash to transportation them from a tribunal to prison."

Ofcom's spokesperson said the watchdog "does not question to question the merits" of the campaign, which was broadcast much than 30 times connected the vigor station.

But they besides noted however broadcasters are excluded from expressing views connected "political and concern contention oregon existent nationalist policy".

Dominic Raab said helium was examining whether judges should beryllium capable to enforce longer presumption connected those who garbage to appear, adding that helium would not regularisation retired unit being utilized to get convicts into court.

Ms Aleena's slayer Jordan McSweeney refused to be his sentencing, thing her household described arsenic "a slap successful the face".