Sun reporter Jamie Pyatt tells court of paying Eton College pupils for stories in Windsor pub
A Sun reporter has told how he regularly paid Eton College pupils for stories in a local pub. Jamie Pyatt,…
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Clodagh Hartley trial told: ‘This is not Watergate or Wikileaks, it is easy money for lazy journalism’
The trial of a reporter accused of paying a government official for stories "is not about The Sun newspaper as…
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Sun’s Jamie Pyatt tells court falsifying expenses was ‘the culture, it was what everybody in Fleet Street did’
Sun journalist Jamie Pyatt told Kingston Crown Court said Sun reporters routinely fiddled their expenses as compensation for working long…
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Sun’s Nick Parker alleged to have paid policeman for details of Ronnie Wood assault on girlfriend
Ronnie Wood's Russian lover sold her story after he burned her with a cigarette, dragged her across the pavement and…
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Media prof Greenslade tells Clodagh Hartley trial: Leaks are ‘lifeblood’ of political journalism in UK
Government leaks are the "lifeblood" of political journalism in Britain, media commentator Roy Greenslade (pic: The Guardian) told the trial…
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Chris Pharo tells Sun six trial: ‘It’s the nature of tabloid journalism to claim you have sources in public bodies’
The Sun’s head of news Chris Pharo told a court it is “the nature of tabloid journalism to claim you…
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Sun reporter Nick Parker paid police and prison officers for stories and ‘handled’ MP’s stolen phone, court told
A reporter with the Sun newspaper paid a police officer and a prison officer for stories and kept a stolen…
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Whitehall editor Clodagh Hartley: ‘I would not have risked going to prison for stories in The Sun’
The Sun's Whitehall editor today denied knowing she was committing a crime by paying an HMRC source for stories. Clodagh…
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