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October 15, 2015

Pyatt and Pharo jury given majority direction

By PA Mediapoint

The jury deliberating in the retrial of two Sun journalists accused of paying a police officer for tips has been given a majority direction.

News editor Chris Pharo, 46, and district reporter JamiePyatt, 52, are charged with aiding and abetting the Surrey police officer to commit misconduct in a public office between 2002 and 2011.

The officer, referred to in court as 2044, allegedly received some £10,000 for information on high profile criminal investigations, including the murder of schoolgirl Milly Dowler, "trophy rapist" Tony Imiela and quadruple killer Daniel Gonzalez.

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