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About a dozen former News of the World journalists are expected to learn on Tuesday whether they will face criminal charges over alleged phone hacking.About a dozen former News of the World journalists are expected to learn on Tuesday whether they will face criminal charges over alleged phone hacking.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is expected to announce whether the 13 individuals will face charges connected to the Metropolitan police's Operation Weeting probe into phone hacking.
Deputy assistant commissioner Sue Akers, the senior Scotland Yard officer leading the investigation related to phone hacking, told the Leveson inquiry on Monday that 11 journalists and one non-journalist will answer police bail on Tuesday. Another journalist is bailed to 2 August.Deputy assistant commissioner Sue Akers, the senior Scotland Yard officer leading the investigation related to phone hacking, told the Leveson inquiry on Monday that 11 journalists and one non-journalist will answer police bail on Tuesday. Another journalist is bailed to 2 August.
The Crown Prosecution Service is expected to announce whether the 13 individuals will face charges connected to the Metropolitan police's Operation Weeting probe into phone hacking. Those under CPS examination have not been identified by name – although 12 journalists have been arrested and remain on police bail, including Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, both former editors of the News of the World. Neville Thurlbeck, former chief reporter at the Sunday tabloid, confirmed he was one of the 12 journalists.
Those under CPS examination have not been identified by name – although 12 journalists have been arrested and remain on police bail, including Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, both former editors of the News of the World. If charges are brought, they would result in the first trial related to phone hacking since the News of the World's royal editor Clive Goodman and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire in 2006. The pair were jailed for interception voicemail messages belonging to members of the royal household in January 2007. They were sentenced to four months and six months in jail respectively.
The principal legal advisor to the CPS, Alison Levitt QC, is expected to announce the charging decisions at 11am on Tuesday.The principal legal advisor to the CPS, Alison Levitt QC, is expected to announce the charging decisions at 11am on Tuesday.
The CPS had been expected to announce its decisions by the end of July. The director of public prosecutions, Keir Starmer, confirmed to the Guardian earlier this month that the CPS would make public its advice within weeks.The CPS had been expected to announce its decisions by the end of July. The director of public prosecutions, Keir Starmer, confirmed to the Guardian earlier this month that the CPS would make public its advice within weeks.
If charges are brought, they would result in the first trial related to phone hacking since the News of the World's royal editor Clive Goodman and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire in 2006. The development comes as Scotland Yard confirmed it believes there are 4,775 potential victims of phone hacking, of which 2,615 have been notified. Akers told the inquiry that more than 702 people are "likely" to have been victims.
The pair were jailed for interception voicemail messages belonging to members of the royal household in January 2007. They were sentenced to four months and six months in jail respectively. The mother of Clare Bernal, who was murdered by a former boyfriend while working at Harvey Nichols, has become the latest alleged phone-hacking victim to sue News International after being contacted by the Met police. Patricia Bernal began legal action against the publisher after she was shown notes kept on her by the private investigator at the centre of the scandal, Glenn Mulcaire.
Akers told the inquiry on Monday that 15 current and former journalists have so far been arrested and interviewed under Operation Weeting. Twelve of these journalists and a non-journalist are on pre-charge police bail to 24 July.
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