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| Operation Elveden: Prison officer faces misconduct charge | Operation Elveden: Prison officer faces misconduct charge |
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| A prison officer is to be charged with passing on information about a "high-profile" prisoner to The Sun newspaper in exchange for £3,350. | |
| Richard Trunkfield, who worked at HMP Woodhill, in Milton Keynes, will face a charge of misconduct in public office. | |
| The operational support officer was investigated by officers from Operation Elveden examining alleged payments to public officials by journalists. | |
| No date has been set for his appearance at Westminster Magistrates' Court. | No date has been set for his appearance at Westminster Magistrates' Court. |
| Mr Trunkfield is alleged to have "wilfully misconducted himself to such a degree as to amount to an abuse of the public's trust" while working at the prison between 2 March 2010 and 30 April 2010. | Mr Trunkfield is alleged to have "wilfully misconducted himself to such a degree as to amount to an abuse of the public's trust" while working at the prison between 2 March 2010 and 30 April 2010. |
| Alison Levitt, QC, principal legal adviser to the director of public prosecutions, said: "It is alleged that in 2010 Mr Trunkfield provided information to The Sun newspaper in breach of the terms of his employment and was paid £3,350. | Alison Levitt, QC, principal legal adviser to the director of public prosecutions, said: "It is alleged that in 2010 Mr Trunkfield provided information to The Sun newspaper in breach of the terms of his employment and was paid £3,350. |
| "The charge relates to an allegation that Mr Trunkfield provided details to the newspaper about a high-profile prisoner." | "The charge relates to an allegation that Mr Trunkfield provided details to the newspaper about a high-profile prisoner." |
| Operation Elveden is running alongside Operation Weeting, the Met Police inquiry into phone hacking, and Operation Tuleta, which is an investigation into computer hacking and other privacy breaches. | Operation Elveden is running alongside Operation Weeting, the Met Police inquiry into phone hacking, and Operation Tuleta, which is an investigation into computer hacking and other privacy breaches. |