Burnt Oak Murder : Tim Jones of The Hendon Times responds to the Barnet Eye

The assistant editor of the Hendon Times & associated papers took exception to my previous blog (job done then). He posted the following points on Twitter re the previous blog here. This is what he said :-
  

tpsjones Tim Jones

@barneteye and why does your blog yesterday say nothing from Hendon Times? We had story first. Do you know a fact when you see one?

2 hours ago 

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tpsjones Tim Jones

@barneteye which is all far more than you seem to have done. How about putting the police number on your own blog? That might help.

2 hours ago 

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tpsjones Tim Jones

@barneteye we have also widely publicised the police's appeal for information in a bid to solve this and catch whoever is responsible.

2 hours ago 

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tpsjones Tim Jones

@barneteye what an ill-considered and appalling rant. We are reporting the facts as given to us by the police. The fact are the facts.

2 hours ago 

 

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He makes one valid point, yes it would be good to publicise the police number. Anyone with information is asked to call the incident room on 0208 358 0100, or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. 

 

So on to his other points. He sulkily claims I should have acknowledged the Times yesterday (not that they ever acknowledge us when they nick our stories). Well I found out about the story via the radio and my own trip to the fishmonger in Burnt Oak. I mentioned the Times coverage in passing. Nothing featured in his story which I used for what I wrote, having been aware of the facts via BBC London 94.9. I thought the coverage yesterday was Ok. Mr Jones accuses me of not knowing a fact when I see one, re the allegation that the address was a brothel. This is rather interesting and shows a poor grasp of English on his part, as his own story states that the police considered the issue of the property being a brothel to be a theory (according to his own story). I may be thick and dyslexic, but in my book a Theory and a Fact are two completely different things.

For the absence of doubt, I object to the story posted  today, which I placed a link to the Times website on, specifying my reasons why.  Mr Jones is free to say what he likes about this blog, but for the second time today, I find myself wishing that he was rather more circumspect in his comments. I am rather pleased that he has at last admitted that people should acknowledge their sources though.  I typed Barneteye into the Times search engine and didn't find a single credit, just two stories about me which came up as well as a readers letter.

Anyway, his tweets are here. Make up your own mind