Dead Men tell no lies.

[Jonnie Goodboy]

 "The Body of a robert stone has been found in france. Mr Stone has extradition requests from Germany, Britain and Portugal in connection with multiple counts of theft and extortion. The Death of mr Stone in Brittany is said to have no suspicious circumstances. Police say they want to question the 67-year old in connection with several cases of blackmail ..."

— Classic FM. (this morning)

Which all goes to prove EG's allegation that annuciators, news readers and indeed police themselves will read any old nonsense from a script when it's put in front of them ...