Senior officer found guilty over data sale bid
A senior police officer has been found guilty of misconduct in public office for trying to sell information to the News of the World.
Brooks: Charges are 'an expensive sideshow'
Rebekah Brooks angrily attacked police and prosecutors tonight as she said she was "baffled" to face charges.
Rebekah Brooks' charges are extraordinary
Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks has been charged with perverting the course of justice.
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Former Dowler officers 'afflicted by collective amnesia'
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) found that former senior officers at Surrey Police were “afflicted by a form of collective amnesia” in relation to the force’s failure to investigate an allegation that the voicemail of Milly Dowler had been hacked by the News of the World.
The IPCC investigation found that there was knowledge of the allegation in 2002 at all levels in Operation Ruby, Surrey Police’s investigation into the abduction and murder of Milly Dowler, but that no action was taken to investigate it.
We will never know what would have happened had Surrey Police carried out an investigation into the hacking of Milly Dowler’s phone in 2002.
We have not been able to uncover any evidence, in documentation or witness statements, of why and by whom that decision was made: former senior officers, in particular, appear to have been afflicted by a form of collective amnesia in relation to the events of 2002. This is perhaps not surprising, given the events of 2011 and the public outcry that the hacking of Milly Dowler’s phone produced.
– Deborah Glass, IPCC Deputy ChairHowever, it is scarcely credible that no-one connected to the Milly Dowler investigation recognised the relevance and importance of the information Surrey Police held in 2002 before this was disclosed by Operation Weeting.
Surrey Police has apologised to the Dowler family for their failure and they were right to do so.
Warnings for officers after Milly hacking inquiry
Two police officers have been given "words of advice" after an Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) investigation in to their actions when the News of the World hacked Milly Dowler's mobile phone messages in 2002.
Surrey Police Deputy Chief Constable Craig Denholm and Detective Superintendent Maria Woodall will be given verbal and written warnings.
The pair were referred to the IPCC in November 2012, over accusations that Deputy Chief Constable Denholm knew Milly's phone was being accessed by the News of the World and that Detective Superintendent Woodall over information she provided Surrey Police during an internal investigation.
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Journalist arrested in new hacking investigation bailed
A journalist arrested during a new police investigation into phone hacking has been released on bail, police said.
The 39-year-old man was arrested in Greenwich over a suspected conspiracy that took place between around 2005 and 2006.
He will answer bail in May, pending further inquiries, Scotland Yard said.
The man was one of six former News of the World journalists arrested yesterday as part of a new line of inquiry that is separate from allegations under the existing Scotland Yard investigation into phone hacking called Operation Weeting.
They have all now been bailed until mid-May.
More than 100 people arrested in hacking investigations
by Lucy Manning - UK EditorIn an internal email, News International boss Mike Darcey, said he shared colleague's concerns about today's arrests.
Because this now means that with all the phone-hacking investigations, the computer hacking, illegal payment to officials, more than 100 people have now been arrested. More of half of them are journalists.
A new twist in the phone hacking investigation
by Lucy Manning - UK EditorThis is a new twist in the phone hacking investigation. The police have already made arrests and some charges like Rebecca Brooks and Andy Coulson on phone hacking.
But today they made clear that this is a new inquiry into the separate phone hacking allegations from 2005 and 2006.
So there are potentially new victims out there that don't know that there phones have been hacked and the police are now going to be in contact with them.
The six people arrested today are all former News of The World journalists .
Former head of features, Jules Stenson, former showbiz columnists Rav Singh and Polly Graham, Matt Nixson and two journalists - who now work for The Sun - Jane Atkinson and Rachel Richardson.Tonight, Scotland Yard said that five of the six people arrested have been released on bail.
Five people bailed after alleged hacking arrests
Five people arrested on suspicion of phone hacking have been released on police bail, Scotland Yard has said.
The individuals had been interviewed at various police stations in London and Cheshire and searches were carried out at a number of addresses, the force added. A 39-year-old man arrested in Greenwich remains in police custody.
A Met spokesman said: "In due course officers will be making contact with people they believe have been victims of the suspected voicemail interceptions."
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Sun journalists arrested in new hacking investigation
Six former News of the World journalists have been arrested under a new police investigation into phone hacking. Three men and three women were all held today under a suspected conspiracy, that took place around 2005 and 2006.
They are understood to be Jules Stenson, Matt Nixson, Rav Singh, Jane Atkinson, Polly Graham and Rachel Richardson. Ms Richardson and Ms Atkinson both work for The Sun.
The arrests, five in London and one in Cheshire, were made as part of a new line of inquiry that is separate from allegations under the existing Scotland Yard investigation into phone hacking called Operation Weeting.
Phone hacking arrests are significant
by Lucy Manning - UK EditorThe significance of the new phone hacking arrests is that police say these are new allegations with possibly new victims, separately from the ones already being investigated.
Two Sun journalists among those arrested
An internal message has been sent to News International employees confirming that two of those arrested are journalists currently working for The Sun.
The pair have been provided with lawyers.
Arrests part of new inquiry over 'NOTW phone hacking'
Police believe this latest suspected conspiracy took place primarily during 2005 to 2006 and is separate from the alleged conspiracy already being investigated by Operation Weeting in which a number of people have already been charged.
As part of the new lines of inquiry six people were arrested this morning on suspicion of conspiracy to intercept telephone communications All of them are journalists or former journalists:
- A 46-year-old man was arrested in the London Borough of Wandsworth
- A 39-year-old man was arrested in the London Borough of Greenwich
- A 45-year-old man was arrested in the London Borough of Wandsworth
- A 39-year-old woman was arrested in Cheshire
- A 33-year-old woman was arrested in the London Borough of Islington
- A 40-year-old woman was arrested in the London Borough of Lambeth
All six of those arrested worked for the News of the World.
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