article_snippet.sent: Speaking to Radio 4's Today programme this morning, former Flying Squad chief John O'Connor said: 'I've never heard of anything like this. '
article_snippet.sent: former Flying Squad chief John O'Connor former Flying Squad chief John O'Connor said former Flying Squad chief John O'Connor had 'never heard of anything like' a newspaper getting such crucial footage before the police got the police hands on it - although police now say the police had it .
highlights_snippet.sent: Former Flying Squad chief said Former Flying Squad chief 'has never heard of anything like this'
  Seemingly conflicting claims over who had footage first emerge .