Press Complaints Commission director Stephen Abell has got in touch to say that it is “simply wrong” to suggest, as I did in a blog post yesterday, that the PCC provides scant guidance for journalists and editors on the subject of death-knocks.

The Editors’ Code simply states that enquiries and approaches should be made with sympathy and discretion.

But Abell has pointed out that the PCC publishes a leaflet, available online, which details what people should do if they feel they are being harassed by a journalist.