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A senior military officer told a jury today that he had found his personal reasons for leaving the army being revealed “intensely stressful”.
Colonel Robert Seddon, the former Army Principal Ammunition Technical Officer responsible for dealing with dealing improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan, told the court that one of the reasons he left the army was the death of Captain Dan Reid. Continue reading
A former prison support worker has pleaded guilty to misconduct over a payment he received from News International for information about a jailed child murderer. Continue reading
The former senior Army bomb disposal officer with the Royal Logistic Corps was shocked to be told the news of his resignation was to appear in The Sun, a jury was told yesterday. Colonel Robert Seddon was warned by another officer that his decision to resign his post was to appear on the front page of the tabloid who had not contacted him before the piece was published. Continue reading
The “power of The Sun” was recognised at the top levels of the army a government ‘spin doctor’ has testified in court. James Shelley, the head of public relations at the Ministry of Defence (MoD) told the jury at the trial of four journalists for the tabloid that the military used the paper to place “good news stories” about the armed services. Continue reading
Two journalists, Sun picture editor John Edwards and the paper’s former district reporter John Troup, were today cleared of conspiring to make illegal payments to public officials. Continue reading
A jury at the trial of four Sun journalists has heard that a civil servant accused of leaking information to the newspaper had the highest possible security clearance. Continue reading
The defence counsel for the former deputy editor of The Sun was warned about making “political” comments in court. The presiding judge, Mr Justice Saunders was responding to a remark about cuts in the royal navy made by Vincent Coughlin QC “not being exclusive to anyone”, and reminded the barrister not to express such opinions “especially with a general election coming up”. Continue reading
A senior Ministry of Defence civil servant who made over £100,000 selling stories to The Sun told other staff not to speak to the media a jury heard today. Bettina Jordan-Barber, who worked for the MOD’s secretariat, was responsible for producing briefings on newsworthy incidents in the army. Continue reading
Prosecuting Counsel told the jury at the Sun Four Trial today that a Sun journalist paid an army officer for information on the Royal Princes. Continue reading
A jury at the Old Bailey has been shown emails in which a Sun journalist describes a leaked story about the death of an army major in Afghanistan as a “belting exclusive splash”. Continue reading
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