Corporation bosses have today issued a full and unconditional apology to Matt Wiessler, who blew the whistle on Martin Bashir s conduct in securing his interview with Princess Diana.
Director-general Tim Davie apologises to graphic designer whistleblower who tried to expose Martin Bashir s methods for landing his Panorama interview with Princess Diana
Graphic designer Matt Wiessler has met with BBC bosses to discuss how he was treated in the wake of the Princess Diana Panorama interview with Martin Bashir
Mr Wiessler has said he wants to move on after he received a personal apology
Designer was sidelined by BBC after raising concerns that fake bank statements he mocked up for Bashir had been used to persuade Diana to do the interview
Sources say Mr Wiessler could receive payout of £1million from the Corporation
The BBC faces paying out up to £1 million in compensation to graphic designer Matt Wiessler whose career was wrecked after he blew the whistle on the Martin Bashir scandal.
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image captionMartin Bashir interviewed Princess Diana for Panorama in 1995
Reporter Martin Bashir is at the centre of Lord Dyson s independent inquiry into his 1995 interview with Princess Diana, which found the BBC fell below its high standards of integrity and transparency .
Bashir went on to work for ITV and in for TV networks in the US, with his interviewees including Michael Jackson and the men suspected of killing Stephen Lawrence.
Here s a timeline of his career, from the point where he secured his interview with the princess:
31 August 1995
Martin Bashir, a 32-year-old reporter for the BBC s Panorama, met Diana s brother, Earl Spencer, at the family s Althorp estate in Northamptonshire. Earl Spencer introduced Bashir to Diana the following month.