Kim Darroch: Met rows back on warning journalists could face prosecution

Metropolitan police assistant commissioner Neil Basu said the force respects media rights.Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Metropolitan police has rowed back from its warning that journalists could face prosecution if they publish any further leaked diplomatic cables such as those that ran in the Mail on Sunday last weekend, precipitating the resignation of the British ambassador to the US, Kim Darroch.In a statement released on Saturday afternoon, the Met assistant commissione