PR guru helped dying child meet Shane Ritchie

Former PR guru Max Clifford helped a nine-year-old boy visit the Eastenders set and meet his idol Shane Ritchie just two days before the child died of cancer, a court heard. Clifford, 73, arranged the trip while patron of the charity CHASE (Children’s Hospice Association of the South East), who organised celebrity visits and regularly gave appearance fees to the cause, it was said. He is currently standing trial at Southwark Crown Court for an alleged indecent assault of a…