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Prosecutors are due to announce whether more charges are going to be brought over allegations of phone-hacking. | |
Thirteen people are due to answer police bail in connection with the Operation Weeting investigation. | |
Among those waiting for a decision are the former News International chief executive, Rebekah Brooks, and the PM's ex-head of communications Andy Coulson. | |
The Met Police launched the operation after "significant" information was provided by News International. | |
NI later closed the News of the World, which was at the centre of the scandal. | NI later closed the News of the World, which was at the centre of the scandal. |
Also waiting for a decision are Ian Edmondson, former assistant editor of the NoW, Neville Thurlbeck, former chief reporter of the NoW and Neil Wallis, former executive editor of the NoW, a PR consultant who worked for Scotland Yard. | |
CPS legal adviser Alison Levitt QC is expected to announce at 1100 BST whether any of the 13 will face prosecution. | |
Six people, including Mrs Brooks, have been charged so far with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. They deny the charges. | |
Allegations that the paper had been illicitly hacking people's voicemail messages first came to light in 2006, when NoW royal editor, Clive Goodman, and private investigator, Glenn Mulcaire, were found to have been intercepting the phones of royal aides. | Allegations that the paper had been illicitly hacking people's voicemail messages first came to light in 2006, when NoW royal editor, Clive Goodman, and private investigator, Glenn Mulcaire, were found to have been intercepting the phones of royal aides. |
The pair pleaded guilty and were jailed in 2007. The paper said they had "acted alone". | The pair pleaded guilty and were jailed in 2007. The paper said they had "acted alone". |
But during the years that followed, fresh evidence of widespread hacking emerged and the number of alleged victims suing the paper grew. | But during the years that followed, fresh evidence of widespread hacking emerged and the number of alleged victims suing the paper grew. |