Phillip Schofield ‘did everything he could’ throughout investigation into brother
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hillip Schofield has mentioned he did “everything he could” when his brother Timothy Schofield was being investigated for little one sexual offences.
The former ITV presenter mentioned he had labored “incredibly closely” with police all through the investigation and nonetheless receives textual content messages from detectives who labored on the case.
Timothy Schofield, 54, was convicted in April of 11 sexual offences involving a toddler between October 2016 and October 2019, together with two of sexual exercise with a toddler.
He was jailed in May for 12 years.
I nonetheless get texts from the investigating detective as a result of we had been so happy with the end result. We did all the pieces we might on the proper time
Phillip Schofield admitted to a secret affair with a youthful male colleague at ITV, however strongly denies accusations of grooming.
In an interview with The Sun amid the fallout from his affair he mentioned his mom had been “heartbroken” by news of his brother, and recalled the investigation course of.
“I was interviewed, I gave a full statement to the police, who we’ve worked with incredibly closely throughout,” he instructed The Sun.
“I still get texts from the investigating detective because we were so pleased with the result.
“We did everything we could at the right time.”
In a press release launched by his lawyer after his brother’s responsible verdict, Schofield mentioned: “My overwhelming concern is and has always been for the wellbeing of the victim and his family. I hope that their privacy will now be respected.
“If any crime had ever been confessed to me by my brother, I would have acted immediately to protect the victim and their family.
“These are despicable crimes and I welcome the guilty verdicts. As far as I am concerned, I no longer have a brother.”
The former ITV presenter took a interval of pre-planned depart across the trial at Exeter Crown Court, and accompanied his mom to Cornwall for the sentencing.
He instructed The Sun it was there that he acquired news that he must step down from This Morning.
“Our family thing was always to buy fish and chips and go and sit on the headland,” he mentioned.
“I picked my mum up and she went in to get the fish and chips and while she was getting it my phone rang.
“It was my then manager, saying, ‘Mate, I’m so sorry, it has become too loud for ITV. You will have to step down from This Morning’.
“She said to me before I arrived, ‘You’re not coming down with any bad news are you?’
“She sat in the car and she was all happy to see me. Then she said, ‘Oh your face has changed’. I said, ‘Let’s go on to the headland’. And I had to tell her. She (was) devastated.”