From phone hacking to bribery, the corruption at News International has involved many players. Increasingly, they are close to Rupert Murdoch, James Murdoch, and other senior staff. We’ve mapped out the players involved in this growing debacle, organized by their proximity to Rupert Murdoch, James Murdoch, and other senior staff. Keep in mind that in the United Kingdom, officers can make arrests without a formal charge. This Slate explainer provides more details on the British system.Six more journalists were arrested on Wednesday, February 13th, on suspicion of conspiracy to intercept telephone communications. The journalists are former News of the World editors Jules Stenson, Rav Singh, Polly Graham, and Matt Nixson, and Sun editors Rachel Richardson and Jane Atkinson.
On Tuesday, January 22nd, Virginia Wheeler, the Sun’s defense editor, was charged with conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office. This follows the recent arrest of Anthony France,David Cameron’s former media chief Andy Coulson and former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks were charged Tuesday with conspiring to pay bribes to public officials. Two other journalists were also charged: John Kay, a former chief reporter at the Sun, and Clive Goodman, a former News of the World reporter.
Former News of the World crime editor Lucy Patton was arrested last December on suspicion of paying police officers.
a crime reporter at the Sun.Former News of the World legal manager Tom Crone was arrested Thursday on suspicion of conspiracy to intercept communications. We’ve also added two previous arrests: former Times journalist Patrick Foster, who was arrested August 29th over suspected computer hacking, and former News of the World Scotland news editor Douglas Wight, who was arrested and charged August 17th with perjury and conspiracy to hack telephones.Nick Parker, the Sun’s chief foreign correspondent, was arrested Monday on the suspicion of gathering data from stolen mobile phones. He has since been released on bail. This was his second arrest.
British prosecutors brought 19 conspiracy charges against eight major figures in the Murdoch scandal. The accused include Rebekah Brooks, who oversaw News International and served as a top editor of Murdoch’s News of the World, Andrew Coulson, another former editor of the Murdoch paper, and Stuart Kuttner, Glenn Mulcaire, Greg Miskiw, Ian Edmondson, Neville Thurlbeck and James Weatherup. All eight have previously been arrested, but these criminal charges represent a major esUpdate (March 28): News International has agreed to pay out more than $1.6 million to settle phone hacking claims. This is the largest settlement to date in the phone hacking scandal.
Nick Parker, the Sun’s chief foreign correspondent, was arrested Monday on suspicion of gathering data from stolen mobile phones. He has since been released on bail. This was his second arrest.
British prosecutors brought 19 conspiracy charges against eight major figures in the Murdoch scandal. The accused include Rebekah Brooks, who oversaw News International and served as a top editor of Murdoch’s News of the World, Andrew Coulson, another former editor of the Murdoch paper, and Stuart Kuttner, Glenn Mulcaire, Greg Miskiw, Ian Edmondson, Neville Thurlbeck and James Weatherup. All eight have previously been arrested, but these criminal charges represent a major escalation in the ongoing scandal because the indicted could now face prison time.
Rhodri Phillips, a news reporter at the Sun, was arrested Thursday morning.
Rebekah Brooks, her husband, and four others were charged Tuesday with conspiring to pervert the course of justice. The other suspects include head of security Mark Hanna, Brooks’ former personal assistant Cheryl Carter, her security guard Daryl Jorsling, and her chauffeur Paul Edwards. These are the first charges filed in the ongoing News Corp investigation.
calation in the ongoing scandal because the indicted could now face prison time.Six people were arrested on Tuesday, including Rebekah Brooks, her husband Charlie Brooks, and News International Head of Security Mark Hanna. This is Rebekah Brooks’ second arrest. We’ll be updating this chart with more names as they become known.
