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September 7, 2015

Kelvin MacKenzie defends pay-offs to public officials: ‘How else are you supposed to find out the truth?’

By Dominic Ponsford

Former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie has said he would probably be in prison if he was editing the paper today.

MacKenzie was Sun editor from 1981 to 1993 and was talking about the practice of paying public officials for stories.

Over the last four years 22 serving and former Sun journalists have faced criminal charges over payments made to public officials.

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