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| Ex-police officer and ex-prison officer admit selling information to Sun | Ex-police officer and ex-prison officer admit selling information to Sun |
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| A former police officer and ex-prison officer have admitted selling information to the Sun about high-profile individuals – the first people to plead guilty in relation to the investigation into alleged illegal payments by journalists to public officials. | |
| Alan Tierney, an ex-Surrey police constable, and former prison officer Richard Trunkfield, both pleaded guilty to misconduct in a public office at the Old Bailey on Friday morning during plea and case management hearings. | Alan Tierney, an ex-Surrey police constable, and former prison officer Richard Trunkfield, both pleaded guilty to misconduct in a public office at the Old Bailey on Friday morning during plea and case management hearings. |
| Tierney admitted selling details of the separate arrests of John Terry's mother and Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood to the Sun. He will be sentenced on 27 March. | Tierney admitted selling details of the separate arrests of John Terry's mother and Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood to the Sun. He will be sentenced on 27 March. |
| Trunkfield, 31, from Moulton, Northamptonshire, pleaded guilty to selling information about a "high-profile prisoner" to the same newspaper. | Trunkfield, 31, from Moulton, Northamptonshire, pleaded guilty to selling information about a "high-profile prisoner" to the same newspaper. |
| The pair were both arrested as part of Scotland Yard's Operation Elveden inquiry into alleged illegal payments by journalists to police and other public officials. | The pair were both arrested as part of Scotland Yard's Operation Elveden inquiry into alleged illegal payments by journalists to police and other public officials. |
| They are the first suspects to plead guilty to offences under the interlinked investigations into alleged illegal activity by journalists. In addition to Operation Elveden, the Metropolitan police is running Operation Weeting into phone hacking and Operation Tuleta into criminal breaches of privacy. | They are the first suspects to plead guilty to offences under the interlinked investigations into alleged illegal activity by journalists. In addition to Operation Elveden, the Metropolitan police is running Operation Weeting into phone hacking and Operation Tuleta into criminal breaches of privacy. |
| Tierney and Trunkfield were attending the Old Bailey for plea and case management hearings alongside five other defendants on Friday morning. | Tierney and Trunkfield were attending the Old Bailey for plea and case management hearings alongside five other defendants on Friday morning. |
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