BBC director has ‘lied’ about accidentally downloading images

A former BBC director caught with hundreds of indecent images of children has tried to ‘wriggle out’ of responsibility by claiming they were downloaded by accident, a court heard. Victor Melleney, 76, who worked on shows including Question Time and Panorama, has admitted he was addicted to legal pornography but claims he has no interest in indecent images of children. Melleney stored 832 indecent images of children across his laptop, desktop, two hard drives and a WIFI dongle between May…