Let's draw a comparison between the actions of the Met Police and The Sun's Nick Parker (pictured, Press Association).

We learned last month that the Met was mistakenly given the mobile phone records of more than 1,700 News UK staff after an error by Vodafone. Instead of returning the information, the Met hung on to it for seven months placing it into a spreadsheet for further analysis.

After this gross and unlawful breach was exposed the force did not even apologise.