Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson had even more legal problems laid at their desk today, after the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced criminal charges for conspiracy to
commit misconduct in public office.
Brooks, former editor of the News of the World, the Sun and News International chief executive, is accused of conspiring with others to listen to voicemails and conspiring to
commit misconduct in public office.
[27] Alan King and Paul Marshall pleaded guilty to conspiracy to
commit misconduct in a public office.
There is prima facie evidence that criminal offences have been committed - misconduct in public office, and conspiracy to
commit misconduct in public office - and the Shadow Home Secretary should be demanding a police investigation with a view to bringing charges.
The year ended with the unexpected arrest of shadow immigration minister Damian Green on suspicion of conspiring to
commit misconduct in a public office.
Brooks faces five charges in relation to allegations of conspiracy to hack phones, conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and conspiracy to
commit misconduct in public office.
Brooks is due to stand trial next month on five charges in relation to allegations of conspiracy to hack phones, conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and conspiracy to
commit misconduct in public office.
The jury were unable to agree on two charges of conspiracy to
commit misconduct in a public office against Coulson and former NoW royal editor Clive Goodman.
In the Operation Elveden case, Michael and his team secured the acquittal of Neil Millard, a Sun Journalist accused of conspiring to
commit misconduct in a public office.
The public interest in holding to account officers who kill, pervert the course of justice or
commit misconduct in a public office could not be higher.
Not exact matches
Wolchover also argues that the prime minister and senior ministers may have
committed the common law offence of
misconduct in public office by wilfully misconstruing the referendum as decisive.