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September 22, 2015

Old Bailey trial of Sun’s Chris Pharo and Jamie Pyatt begins

By PA Mediapoint

A senior Sun news editor and reporter have gone on trial accused of paying a "secret police informant" for tips.

Then head of news Chris Pharo (left) and district reporter Jamie Pyatt (right) were allegedly involved in a corrupt relationship with a Surrey police officer.

Between 2002 and 2011, the officer received around £10,000 from the newspaper, the Old Bailey heard.

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