Former prison officer pleads guilty to misconduct charge after selling 46 stories to press for £40,000
A former prison officer has pleaded guilty to selling stories to tabloid newspapers about James Bulger killer Jon Venables –…
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Cleveland Police accused of using RIPA to identify member of the public as journalistic source
Cleveland Police has been accused of using the phone records of a Northern Echo journalist to identify a member of…
By Three Daily Mirror prison story sources jailed over payments made by journalists
Two former prison officers have been jailed for leaking information to tabloid newspapers about notorious inmates. Grant Pizzey, 50, who…
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Cleveland Police accused of using RIPA to seize phone records of three Northern Echo journalists in leak probe
Cleveland Police has been accused of accessing the phone records of three regional newspaper journalists. The force allegedly used the…
By Daily Mirror prison officer source convicted of misconduct in public office over story payments
A former prison officer from top security HMP Belmarsh in south-east London has been found guilty of leaking stories about…
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Draft Investigatory Powers Bill weighs the scales of justice against protection of journalists’ sources
The proposed new legislation governing state surveillance is a big improvement on what went before as far as journalists go.…
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Media law QC warns police could use Investigatory Powers Bill to ‘routinely’ identify journalistic sources
Media lawyer says IPB not Article 10-compliant Judge is 'only reviewing' police decision to obtain journalistic records Judicial approval process…
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New law provides protection for journalists’ sources from police snooping – but no prior notification
The draft Investigatory Powers Bill sets out in law new protections intended to stop police accessing journalists’ call records in…
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