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. Continue reading
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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.” Continue reading
A Sun journalist denied in court today that she attempted to discover the confidential tax affairs of a decorated war hero. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
Leaks of information to the Sun: “undermined the budget process,” and may have led to a lower tax revenue for the government but yet, no investigation was ever undertaken an Old Bailey jury was told at the HMRC leak trial on 6 November 2014. Continue reading
A jury at the Old Bailey was reminded on Tuesday 4 November 2014 that a Government special advisor had emailed colleagues on 9/11 telling them today would be a: “good day to bury bad news.” Continue reading
The 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.” Continue reading
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