PRESENTER of the BBC’s Watchdog programme, Julia Bradbury, will return to the programme after being cleared by police as a suspect in an air miles fraud inquiry, it was disclosed last night.
Bradbury, 38, gave a witness statement to police over the continuing investigation into allegations of theft and fraud made by Virgin Atlantic.
Reports in February said officers were investigating several occasions in the past three years when air mile points were allegedly added to the broadcaster’s account with Virgin Atlantic, instead of being removed.
The disclosure prompted her to voluntarily step down from fronting Watchdog alongside Nicky Campbell while investigations continued.
It was also disclosed that her sister, Gina Fox, was facing a similar inquiry centred around £35,000 worth of free flights.
Yesterday it was disclosed that Bradbury will return to front Watchdog on Monday, April 20, after being sent a letter from Sussex Police stating that “Julia is not considered a suspect in this ongoing investigation”.
In a statement, Bradbury said the last eight weeks had been “extremely upsetting” and that she now looked forward to returning to her presenting duties at Watchdog.
Sources said the investigation still involved her sister, and that she had not been cleared as a suspect.
