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March 15, 2016

Sun investigations editor bows out with strident defence of press freedom and parting shot for Met chief

By Dominic Ponsford

Sun investigations editor Brian Flynn is bowing out after 20 years at the paper with an impassioned defence of press freedom and a parting shot for Met Police commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe.

Flynn has decided to take voluntary redundancy and leaves the paper after a career which has included spells as a reporter, night news editor, New York correspondent and National Lottery correspondent Sir Lenny Lottery.

In a message to colleagues and friends posted on Facebook, Flynn said: “When I think of the incredible things I've had the chance to see and do at the paper, and – more importantly – the ridiculously talented and committed people I've had the good fortune to work with and against, I feel like the luckiest guy alive.

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