Thank you for your writing to us about coverage of Zach Avery in Daily Mail.
The Commission is in touch with the Avery family and have been taking forward concerns they have about press coverage directly with them.
Given the nature of the story, it appears that the Commission would be best able to investigate any such concerns through those means. However, if you believe that there are exceptional public interest reasons for the Commission to proceed with an additional independent complaint, we would be grateful to hear from you in the next ten days.
Once we have heard from you, the Commission will be asked whether it wishes to take the complaint forward. If you would like to discuss your case before replying please do contact us. If we hear no more from you we will close our file on the matter.
If, at the end of the process, you are dissatisfied with the manner in which your complaint has been handled, you should write within one month to the Independent Reviewer, who will investigate the matter and report any findings to the Commission (http://www.pcc.org.uk/about/whoswho/independentreview.html)
A copy of the Code of Practice which all newspapers and magazines who subscribe adhere to, can be accessed using this web link: http://www.pcc.org.uk/cop/practice.html
The editor of The Mail on Sunday is currently a member of the Press Complaints Commission. However, as the Daily Mail, the sister newspaper of the Mail on Sunday, is the subject of your complaint he will of course not take part in any discussion or consideration of the complaint by the Commission.
Do not hesitate to contact us if you need further advice. When you write to us, please quote our reference number on this email.
With best wishes
Yours sincerely
Simon Yip
Complaints Coordinator
Press Complaints Commission
Halton House
20/23 Holborn
London EC1N 2JD
Tel: 020 7831 0022
Website: www.pcc.org.uk