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October 15, 2015

Sun colleagues and journalists celebrate Pyatt and Pharo acquittals – but condemn ‘utterly disgraceful’ treatment

By William Turvill

Sun colleagues and fellow journalists are celebrating the acquittals of Chris Pharo and Jamie Pyatt this afternoon.

But many have also expressed anger at the way they have been treated over the last four years.

Reporter Pyatt was arrested by the Metropolitan Police under Operation Elveden in November 2011 and then charged by the Crown Prosecution Service in June 2013. Pharo, a news editor, was arrested in January 2012 and charged in July 2013.

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