Sun crime reporter Anthony France clears ‘first hurdle’ in bid to get Operation Elveden conviction overturned
Sun crime reporter Anthony France, the only journalist to have been convicted under Operation Elveden, passed the first stage in…
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‘Everybody counts or nobody counts’: Sun crime editor speaks out over racism around coverage of crime
Sun crime reporter Mike Sullivan has revealed how he when he first joined the paper, in the early 1990s, the…
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The 67 UK journalists arrested and/or charged in the course of their jobs since 2011
Since the launch of Operation Weeting five years ago at least 67 UK journalists have been arrested and/or charged. After…
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Cost of Met’s journalism investigations rises £4m in seven months to more than £40m
The Metropolitan Police has now spent more than £40m on investigations into journalism, figures obtained by Press Gazette show. The…
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‘They call it a crime, we call it democracy’ – lawyers condemn ‘unmitigated disaster’ of journalist trials
“They call it a crime, we call it a democracy.” This was the verdict of one defence lawyer after the…
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Sun colleagues and journalists celebrate Pyatt and Pharo acquittals – but condemn ‘utterly disgraceful’ treatment
Sun colleagues and fellow journalists are celebrating the acquittals of Chris Pharo and Jamie Pyatt this afternoon. But many have…
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Sun’s Chris Pharo and Jamie Pyatt not guilty: ‘It’s the end of a four-year long nightmare’
The last Sun journalists to be prosecuted under Operation Elveden investigation into cash for stories were cleared today. Following a…
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The jury deliberating in the retrial of two Sun journalists accused of paying a police officer for tips has been…
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