Former News of the World legal manager Tom Crone has been told he will not face prosecution over phone-hacking.

Crone was arrested on 30 August 2012 under Operation Weeting on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications contrary to Section 1 of the Criminal Law Act 1977.

The Crown Prosecution Service also announced today that Crone, who was not named by the CPS, will face no further action over an allegation of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.