Perhaps you should hire someone who's good at research and investigation and knows how to dig out information.
Someone like a "two-faced scum journo" perhaps?
I think we may be confusing the paper's moral view (hang em and flog em) with an individual reporter's view.
There are, no doubt, some liberals working on the Sun and some right-wing headbangers working on the Guardian. As a journalist you have to know what stories are right for your paper's...
John Kay and his wife (who was Japanese) had a suicide pact because their families would not accept their relationship. He survived and she didn't.
Not excusing him but I'm not sure it's the same thing as knifing a complete stranger.
Also - he's a reporter. Which means he reports news stories...