A Sun reporter has been cleared of plotting with a Government press officer to illegally leak a string of stories, including secrets of Alistair Darling’s 2010 budget, the Press Association reported. Read the rest of this entry »
HMRC Leak Trial: Jury acquits Sun reporter Clodagh Hartley over civil servant payments
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HMRC Leak Trial: Judge tells the jury they have to decide if payments to a civil servant were in the public interest
24 11 2014
An Old Bailey judge told a jury today they had to decide if a journalist paying a civil servant for information was in the public interest or a commercially driven “corrupt relationship,” noting that: “the fact that a journalist thought a story was in the public interest is not a defence to this charge.” Read the rest of this entry »
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HMRC Leak Trial: Sun Journalist denies trying to discover tax details of war hero
18 11 2014
A Sun journalist denied in court today that she attempted to discover the confidential tax affairs of a decorated war hero. Read the rest of this entry »
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HMRC Leak Trial: News International Accountant questioned in court over alleged illegal payments
10 11 2014
News International denied police requests to access financial data during investigations into allegations of illegal payments to a civil servant the Old Bailey jury at the “HMRC Leak Trial” was told today. Read the rest of this entry »
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HMRC Leak Trial: Press Officer was in charge of media for “Law Enforcement Desk”
5 11 2014The head of news at Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs told an Old Bailey jury yesteday that a civil servant accused of selling information to The Sun newspaper was in charge of media relations at the HMRC’s “law enforcement desk.” Read the rest of this entry »
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