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| The Sun's crime editor, Mike Sullivan, has been told he will face no further action after being arrested and bailed as part of Scotland Yard's investigation into suspected illegal payments to police and other public officials. | The Sun's crime editor, Mike Sullivan, has been told he will face no further action after being arrested and bailed as part of Scotland Yard's investigation into suspected illegal payments to police and other public officials. |
| Sullivan, who has been on police bail for 14 months, was one of the first Sun journalists arrested under Operation Elveden when he was held in January 2012. | Sullivan, who has been on police bail for 14 months, was one of the first Sun journalists arrested under Operation Elveden when he was held in January 2012. |
| News International confirmed on Tuesday that Sullivan has been told he will face no charges and would now "carry on with his work without this distraction". | News International confirmed on Tuesday that Sullivan has been told he will face no charges and would now "carry on with his work without this distraction". |
| A spokesman for News International said: "We can confirm that the police have concluded that no further action is to be taken against Mike Sullivan – the Sun's distinguished crime editor. | A spokesman for News International said: "We can confirm that the police have concluded that no further action is to be taken against Mike Sullivan – the Sun's distinguished crime editor. |
| "After more than a year of uncertainty we are pleased that Mike can now carry on with his work without this distraction. We are grateful to him and others for the professionalism they have shown under very difficult circumstances." | "After more than a year of uncertainty we are pleased that Mike can now carry on with his work without this distraction. We are grateful to him and others for the professionalism they have shown under very difficult circumstances." |
| Sullivan was the 11th person arrested under the Metropolitan police's Operation Elveden investigation into alleged illegal payments to public officials, when he was held along with the Sun's former deputy editor, Fergus Shanahan, former managing editor Graham Dudman and news editor Chris Pharo. | Sullivan was the 11th person arrested under the Metropolitan police's Operation Elveden investigation into alleged illegal payments to public officials, when he was held along with the Sun's former deputy editor, Fergus Shanahan, former managing editor Graham Dudman and news editor Chris Pharo. |
| A spokesman for the Crown Prosecution Service said it did not provide charging advice and that Scotland Yard decided to take no further action against Sullivan. | |
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