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Yates quits Met amid hacking row | Yates quits Met amid hacking row |
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Met Police Assistant Commissioner John Yates has resigned as the phone-hacking scandal fall-out continues. | Met Police Assistant Commissioner John Yates has resigned as the phone-hacking scandal fall-out continues. |
He checked the credentials of Neil Wallis before the Met employed the ex-News of the World executive, arrested last week over hacking allegations. | He checked the credentials of Neil Wallis before the Met employed the ex-News of the World executive, arrested last week over hacking allegations. |
Mr Yates indicated his intention to resign to the chairman of the Met Police Authority, which was accepted. | Mr Yates indicated his intention to resign to the chairman of the Met Police Authority, which was accepted. |
Mr Yates's decison to quit comes after Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson resigned on Sunday. | |
The resignation of Sir Paul, the most senior policeman in Britain, came after he faced criticism for the recruitment of Mr Wallis as a PR consultant. | |
Mr Wallis, a former NoW deputy editor, was arrested and released on bail on Thursday on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications. | |
Mr Yates's resignation came after he was informed he would be suspended pending an inquiry into his relationship with Mr Wallis. | |
The officer had been confronted with new information about the friendship between the two men, sources told BBC political editor Nick Robinson. | |
Mayor of London Boris Johnson's spokesman said Mr Yates's decision to resign was "regrettable, but the right call". | |
Scotland Yard said in a statement: "Assistant Commissioner John Yates has this afternoon indicated his intention to resign to the chair of the MPA. | |
"This has been accepted. AC Yates will make a statement later this afternoon." | |
In other developments on Monday: | |
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