Sir Cliff Richard’s home searched by police

Reports coming in : Cliff Richard’s home searched by police

Police are searching a Berkshire property belonging to Sir Cliff Richard in relation to an alleged historical sex offence.

A number of items were removed from the property in the Sunningdale area for further investigation, but no arrests have been made.


A police spokesman said the allegation involved a boy under 16 and dated from the 1980s in the South Yorkshire area.

The search is not connected to Operation Yewtree, police said.

But officers from that operation have been notified, a South Yorkshire Police spokesman added.

The search is not connected to Operation Yewtree, police said.

But officers from that operation have been notified, a South Yorkshire Police spokesman added.

Sir Cliff, born Harry Webb, is one of the most successful British musicians of all time.

He has sold 21.5 million singles – more than any other male British artist – and is the only performer to have had at least one UK top five album in each of the last seven decades.

He has represented the UK in the Eurovision song contest twice and in 2013 released the 100th album of his career.

He was knighted in 1995 and performed at the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee concert at Buckingham Palace in 2012.

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lol here we go again..i wonder how many of the older stars/celebs are pheados...lol..i bet theres loads..roud:..they are all coming out the closet...lol

Mmm, television crews had helicopter coverage and ground coverage all set up before police arrived.

Whether he's guilty or not, this sort of collusion between the fuzz and the media stinks as far as I'm concerned. : grim :

I firmly believe there is a bandwagon going around......

Me personally don't think they should be allowed to cover anything until hard evidence.But that's media for you guess Cliff is "all shook up" lol.

"All shook up"
Thought that was elvis?

Can not for the life of me imagine there is any substance to this story..

manic01 said:

"All shook up"
Thought that was elvis?

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Apparently people used to call him the British Elvis.... personally i've always called him a c**t

I've always though many skeletons would fall out of his closet once he finally 'comes out' of it.

manic01 said:

"All shook up"
Thought that was elvis?

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I was referring to the cover he done of it lol i wants sure when you said that but then i remembered my dad loving the shadows when i was younger and remember the track well.

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manic01 said:

"All shook up"
Thought that was elvis?

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Rock on Cliff fook em.

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Rock on Cliff fook em.

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Trouble is he may of lol

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Trouble is he may of lol

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:roflmao::Yikes::Yikes:

Cliff Richard and the police tip-off | Media Network | Guardian Professional

Good.

This is the problem with modern communication medium, there is a presumption of guilt and innocent peoples names tarnished. I believe these things should be kept quiet until a prosecution has been made.

Innocent until PROVEN guilty does not work in the modern day. People have to remember, its for jury to prove guilt and not for the defence to prove innocence. If any doubt exists based on the FACTS, innocence must be the call.
But in this day of age, its for the defence to prove innocence, especially when social media is involved.

Basically trial by media....


What do they expect to find in his house relating to decades old allegations of wrong doing?

Definitely something dodgy here with Sir Cliff, he was lurking in the shadows for years

buzzer said:

Basically trial by media....


What do they expect to find in his house relating to decades old allegations of wrong doing?

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I've been wondering about that as well. In the current climate, if you're a rich celebrity with a murky past, you would have to be pretty
dim to leave evidence in your apartment and go to Portugal for months on end, particularly after the rumours spread recently.
The police would have to be equally dim to expect to find any evidence there.
Still, you could argue that a deputy prime minister would have to be pretty dim not to change the default password on his voicemail.

But, if you have just one allegation and no proof, a leaked publicized search is bound to flush out more allegations, genuine or otherwise.
The number of these, even without evidence, seems to count as evidence in itself. This now seems standard procedure and could be used
with any popular performer of that era, or, more likely, the ones who still have money. They had opportunities and temptations
the rest of us only dreamed of, and no doubt many succumbed, and probably still do, but with more care.
However, only a complete idiot would keep any hard evidence and I imagine last year's bonfire night came early for many.

Trial by the media ? ......More like pre-conviction by the media whether innocent or guilty. It's been suggested that celebrities
should remain anonymous until charged. You can't, celebrity by it's nature prevents that. And, how do you find a jury without bias ?
Even if you hadn't heard of the celebrity before, you will have long before the trial starts. The penalty of celebrity again.
A better way would be a trial before a judge only, not perfect, but at least trained to ignore media frenzy.

As for Operation Yewtree, it started with the best of intentions, but a hard look at it's expanding remit and procedure would be a good idea.
It might be a good money spinner for the media and legal professions, but it's a poor return for already stretched police resources.
If children or violence are involved, justice has to be done regardless, but if not, you really can't blame anyone else for any shortcomings
you may have 30 odd years later. A celebrity, charged or not, guilty or not, does not escape without damage.

As far as I remember, speculation started after he split with Sue Barker many years ago. With his advantages, there had to be a good reason. I certainly would not have let her get away.
A cracker then, and if you're of a certain age as they say, not too shabby even now.

Current investigation procedure seems to make him, and many others, a sitting duck for anyone who, with a little research, can present
a convincing story. As already mentioned above, proving your innocence seems to be necessary, and after all this time near impossible.

Beyond that, I'm sitting on the fence. I thought Rolf Harris was innocent until well into the trial.:Biggrin2:

danforth said:

They had opportunities and temptations
the rest of us only dreamed of

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??? Seriously?

levante said:

He was lurking in the shadows for years.

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LMAO Piss poor post clock. Can't even be bothered to read 4 posts up

VectorZ said:

LMAO Piss poor post clock. Can't even be bothered to read 4 posts up

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