At least 64 journalists have now been arrested and/or charged in the last three years as a result of police investigations stemming from the phone-hacking scandal.
So far 37 journalists have been charged.
Those arrested so far include 25 former News of the World journalists and 25 Sun journalists.
Many more journalists have been questioned under caution.
Here Press Gazette details all the confirmed UK journalists arrested and/or charged since April 2011 (last updated October 2014)
Operation Weeting/Hacking
Investigation into allegations of illegal mobile phone voicemail interception.
Ian Edmondson, former assistant editor of News of the World
Arrested on 5 April 2011 on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications and unlawful interception of voicemail messages
Charged on 24 July 2012 on 12 counts of conspiracy to intercept mobile phone voicemail messages without lawful authority
Pleaded guilty on 3 October 2014
Neville Thurlbeck, former chief reporter at News of the World
Arrested on 5 April 2011 on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications and unlawful interception of voicemail messages
Charged on 24 July 2012 on eight counts of conspiracy to intercept mobile phone voicemail messages without lawful authority
Pleaded guilty, sentenced to six months prison
James Weatherup, former assistant news editor of News of the World
Arrested on 14 April 2011 on suspicion of unlawfully intercepting communications
Charged on 24 July 2012 on eight counts of conspiracy to intercept mobile phone voicemail messages without lawful authority
Pleaded guilty, given four-month suspended sentence
Terenia Taras, freelance journalist
Arrested on 23 June 2011 on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications
Laura Elston, Press Association royal correspondent
Arrested on 27 June 2011 on suspicion of intercepting communications
Andy Coulson, former editor of News of the World and ex-Downing Street communications director
Arrested on 8 July 2011 on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications and in relation to alleged illegal payments to police officers
Charged on 24 July 2012 on five counts of conspiracy to intercept mobile phone voicemail messages without lawful authority
Found guilty by jury, sentenced to 18 months jail
Neil Wallis, former executive editor of News of the World
Arrested on 14 July 2011 on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications
Cleared on 22 February 2013 by the Crown Prosecution Service
Questioned again by Operation Pinetree (looking at allegations of hacking in the NoW features department) and charged on 30 July 2014 with conspiring to illegally listen to voicemails.
Rebekah Brooks, former News International chief executive
Arrested on 17 July 2011 in relation to phone hacking and illegal payments to police
Charged on 24 July 2012 on three counts of conspiracy to intercept mobile phone voicemail messages without lawful authority
Found not guilty by a jury
Stuart Kuttner, former managing editor of News of the World
Arrested on 2 August 2011 as part of Operation Weeting
Charged on 24 July 2012 on three counts of conspiracy to intercept mobile phone voicemail messages without lawful authority
Greg Miskiw, former news editor of News of the World
Arrested on 10 August 2011 on suspicion of unlawful interception of communications and on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications
Charged on 24 July 2012 on ten counts of conspiracy to intercept mobile phone voicemail messages without lawful authority
Pleaded guilty, sentenced to six months in prison
James Desborough, former Hollywood reporter of News of the World
Arrested on 18 August 2011 on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications
Cleared in March 2012
Dan Evans, former News of the World reporter
Arrested on 19 August 2011 on suspicion of phone-hacking
Charged on 2 September, 2013 with offences linked to phone-hacking, conspiring to commit misconduct in public office and making a false witness statement
Pleaded guilty and convicted in July 2014. After admitting phone-hacking, conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office and perverting the course of justice escaped jail because of willingness to give evidence against former colleagues.
Ross Hall, former News of the World reporter
Arrested on 2 September 2011 on suspicion of conspiracy to intercept voicemail messages and attempting to pervert the course of justice
Raoul Simons, deputy football editor at The Times
Arrested on 7 September 2011 on suspicion of conspiracy to intercept voicemail messages
Bethany Usher, former News of the World reporter
Arrested on 30 November 2011 suspicion of intercepting voicemail messages
Rebekah Brooks, former News International chief executive
Re-arrested on 13 March 2012 on suspicion of perverting the course of justice
Charged on 15 May 2012 with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice
39-year-old male former News of the World journalist
Arrested in Greenwich on 13 February 2013 on suspicion of conspiracy to intercept telephone voicemails
Told on 16 July 2014 that they will face no further action
46-year-old male former News of the World journalist
Arrested in Wandsworth on 13 February 2013 on suspicion of conspiracy to intercept telephone voicemails.
Former News of the World features editor Jules Stenson was charged on 30 July 2014 with conspiracy to hack voicemail messages.
45-year-old male former News of the World journalist
Arrested in Wandsworth on on 13 February 2013 on suspicion of conspiracy to intercept telephone voicemails
Told on 16 July 2014 that they will face no further action
39-year-old female former News of the World journalist
Arrested in Cheshire on 13 February 2013 on suspicion of conspiracy to intercept telephone voicemails
Told on 16 July 2014 that they will face no further action
33-year-old female former News of the World journalist
Arested in Islington on 13 February 2013 on suspicion of conspiracy to intercept telephone voicemails
Told on 16 July 2014 that they will face no further action
40-year-old female former News of the World journalist
Arrested in Lambeth on 13 February 2013 on suspicion of conspiracy to intercept telephone voicemails
Told on 16 July 2014 that they will face no further action
James Scott, editor of the Sunday People
Arrested on 14 March 2013 on suspicion of conspiracy to intercept telephone communications
Still on bail
Tina Weaver, former Sunday Mirror editor
Arrested on 14 March 2013 on suspicion of conspiracy to intercept telephone communications
Still on bail
Mark Thomas, former Sunday People editor
Arrested on 14 March 2013 on suspicion of conspiracy to intercept telephone communications
Still on bail
Nick Buckley, Sunday People deputy editor
Arrested on 14 March 2013 on suspicion of conspiracy to intercept telephone communications
Still on bail
Graham Johnson, formerly of the Sunday Mirror, was questioned under caution and it was announced on 15 October over allegedly hacking phones at the paper in 2001.
Operation Elveden/Payments
Investigation into allegations of illegal payments made to public officials.
Andy Coulson, former editor of News of the World and ex-Downing Street communications director
Arrested on 8 July 2011 on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications and in relation to alleged illegal payments to police officers
Charged on 20 November 2012 with two counts of conspiracy relating to request and authorisation of alleged payments to public officials
Jury could not reach a decision, to face a retrial
Clive Goodman, former royal editor at News of the World
Arrested on 8 July 2011 in connection with alleged illegal payments to police
Charged on 20 November 2012 with two counts of conspiracy relating to the request and authorisation of alleged payments to public officials
Jury could not reach a decision, to face a retrial
Rebekah Brooks, former News International chief executive
Arrested on 17 July 2011 in relation to phone hacking and illegal payments to police
Charged on 20 November 2012 with conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office
Cleared
Stuart Kuttner, former managing editor of News of the World
Not charged
Jamie Pyatt, reporter at The Sun
Arrested on 4 November 2011 in connection with allegations of inappropriate payments to police
Lucy Panton, former crime editor of News of the World
Arrested on 15 December 2011 as part of an investigation into alleged payments to police officers
Charged on 8 July 2013 with conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office
Mike Sullivan, crime editor of The Sun
Arrested on 28 January 2012 on suspicion of corruption, aiding and abetting misconduct in a public office and conspiracy in relation to the two previous offences
Graham Dudman, former managing editor of The Sun
Arrested on 28 January 2012 on suspicion of corruption, aiding and abetting misconduct in a public office and conspiracy in relation to the two previous offences
Fergus Shanahan, executive editor of The Sun
Arrested on 28 January 2012 on suspicion of corruption, aiding and abetting misconduct in a public office and conspiracy in relation to the two previous offences
Charged on 18 April 2013 with conspiring with a public official and a journalist to commit misconduct in a public office between 7 August 2006 and 14 August 2007.
Chris Pharo, news desk executive of The Sun
Arrested on 28 January 2012 on suspicion of corruption, aiding and abetting misconduct in a public office and conspiracy in relation to the two previous offences
Charged on 8 July 2013 with conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office
Geoff Webster, associate editor of The Sun
Arrested on 11 February 2012 on suspicion of corruption, aiding and abetting misconduct in a public office, and conspiracy in relation to both these offences
Charged on 20 March 2013 with authorising payments to public officials for information
John Kay, chief reporter at The Sun
Arrested on 11 February 2012 on suspicion of corruption, aiding and abetting misconduct in a public office, and conspiracy in relation to both these offences
Charged on 20 November, 2012, with conspiring to commit misconduct in a public office
John Edwards, picture editor at The Sun
Arrested on 11 February 2012 on suspicion of corruption, aiding and abetting misconduct in a public office, and conspiracy in relation to both these offences
Nick Parker, chief foreign correspondent at The Sun
Arrested on 11 February 2012 on suspicion of corruption, aiding and abetting misconduct in a public office, and conspiracy in relation to both these offences
Charged on 18 June 2013 with conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office.
John Sturgis, deputy news editor at The Sun
Arrested on 11 February 2012 on suspicion of corruption, aiding and abetting misconduct in a public office, and conspiracy in relation to both these offences
Virginia Wheeler, defence editor of The Sun
Arrested on 1 March 2012 on suspicion of corruption under the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906 and aiding and abetting misconduct in a public office (contrary to common law) and conspiracy in relation to both offences
Charged on 22 January 2013 with conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office
Charges dropped on 5 June 2013 on health grounds
Duncan Larcombe, royal editor of The Sun
Arrested on 19 April 2012 on suspicion of conspiracy to corrupt and conspiracy to cause misconduct in a public office
Charged on 24 April 2013 with making payments to a soldier and his wife
Former Sun East Anglia district reporter John Troup, 47, of Saffron Walden
Interviewed under caution on 21 May 2013
Charged on 20 August 2013 with conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office
Sun Whitehall editor Clodagh Hartley
Arrested on 25 May 2012 on suspicion of conspiracy to corrupt under the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906, suspicion of conspiracy to cause misconduct in a public office, contrary to common law and suspicion of bribery, contrary to the Bribery Act 2010
Charged on 14 May 2013 along with two others with conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office
Neil Millard, reporter at The Sun
Arrested on 14 June 2012 on suspicion of corruption
Charged on 26 February 2014 with conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office
Greig Box-Turnbull, former Daily Mirror journalist
Arrested on 4 July 2012 on suspicion of corruption, conspiracy to commit bribery and conspiracy to cause misconduct in a public office
Justin Penrose, Sunday Mirror crime correspondent
Arrested on 11 July 2012 on suspicion to corrupt and of conspiracy to cause misconduct in a public office
Cleared by the CPS on 8 July 2013
Tom Savage, deputy news editor of the Daily Star Sunday
Arrested on 11 July 2012 on suspicion to corrupt and of conspiracy to cause misconduct in a public office
Charged on 8 July 2013 with conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office
Vince Soodin, Sun online news editor, 37 (now 38)
Arrested on 8 August 2012 over the suspected bribery of a police officer
51-year-old Sun journalist from Bristol – named in the Bristol Post as the paper’s South West reporter John Coles.
Arrested on 19 September 2012 on suspicion of conspiracy to corrupt and conspiracy to cause misconduct in a public office
32-year-old Sun journalist from south east London – subsequently named as Tom Wells
Arrested on 19 September 2012 on suspicion of conspiracy to corrupt and conspiracy to cause misconduct in a public office
38-year-old journalist from Sussex
Woman arrested on 6 December 2012 on suspicion of conspiracy to corrupt and cause misconduct in a public office
Anthony France, crime reporter at The Sun
Arrested in Hertfordshire on 17 January 2013 on suspicion of conspiracy to corrupt and cause misconduct in a public office.
Ben O’Driscoll, Daily Mail deputy news editor
Charged with conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public on 12 September 2013 (he had not previously been named, having only been questioned under caution and not arrested)
43-old-freelance journalist from Northumbria
Arrested on 13 September 2013 on suspicion of conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office
Graham Brough, formerly of the Daily Mirror, was questioned under caution and it was announced on 26 February that he is face trial for conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office.
Brandon Malinsky, of The Sun, was questioned under caution and it was announced on 26 February that he is face trial for conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office.
Ryan Sabey, of The Sun (formerly News of the World), questioned under caution and it was announced on 15 August 2014 that he would face trial for alleged conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office.
Operation Tuleta
Investigation into allegations of computer-hacking.
Rhodri Phillips, reporter at The Sun
Arrested on 19 July 2012 on suspicion of handling stolen goods
Nick Parker, chief foreign correspondent at The Sun
Arrested on 30 July 2012 on suspicion of handling stolen goods
Still on bail
37-year-old male journalist
Arrested on 31 July 2012 on suspicion of handling stolen goods
Told on 18 October 2013 that they will face no further action.
Patrick Foster, former media reporter for The Times
Arrested on 29 August 2012 on suspicion of computer hacking and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice
Still on bail
Former Sun journalist Ben Ashford
Arrested on 7 September 2012 on suspicion of offences under the Theft Act, Computer Misuse Act and on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice
Charged with handling stolen mobile and accessing computer data illegally
Found not guilty by a jury on 13 August 2014.
Chris Pollard, 30, Sun casual reporer
Arrested on 20 September 2012 on suspicion of handling a stolen mobile phone
Alex Marunchak, former News of the World Ireland editor
Arrested on 2 October 2012 at his home in Kent on suspicion of offences under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 and the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000.
Still on bail
Operation Rubicon
Investigations into allegations surrounding former MSP Tommy Sheridan’s defamation action against the News of the World and his subsequent conviction for perjury.
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