Sir Cliff Richard has said if “heads roll” at the BBC over coverage of a police raid on his home, for which he today won substantial damages in a High Court privacy victory, “maybe it’s because it’s deserved”.

The judgement has caused concern and confusion within the news industry over how journalists should approach naming a police suspect who has not been charged, something that may now incur a lawsuit.

In an interview after today’s ruling, Sir Cliff told ITV News that he would “rather ten guilty people get away with it than one innocent person suffer” as he had with press intrusion.