Regardless of all that - this goes to the heart of everything thats wrong with the BBC. Arrogance beyond comprehension is what has brought them here.
They slaughtered all the tabloids for similar things from their lofty holier than everyone else position,
Bashir is now head of religious programmes at the BBC. You couldnt make it up ffs !
Bashir and those above him who knew what he did should be behind bars by this time next year. They wont be though, because the establishment will close ranks and protect themselves. 
If the Saville scandal didnt finish them off, I doubt this will unfortunately.
Didn't the BBC raid Cliff's house? They brought the police with them, mind. 
He and Paul Gambacinni are going for the jugular with the BBC. They are all lawyered up and ready to go. Not so much because of what they did, but because of the sheer arrogance afterwards, where they wouldnt show any genuine contrition or remorse.
A familiar theme, it seems.
The BBC are worse, because they are legally obliged to hold extremely high standards of objectivity and honesty as part of their Royal charter. They completely ignore these obligations, while still forcing us to pay for their existence, and seem to laugh off anyone who tries to take them on.