Interesting how some here seem to think its just fine and dandy to sweep it under the carpet if possible, but would be first in the queue to criticise the police when they allegedly do the same thing with their bad apples.
Second point:
"it was reported in The Sun" - for those not in the know about UK newspapers - means "in the absence of our reporter putting in a scintilla of effort to verify or check anything, this is what we have made up in order to sell more papers"