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Sun deputy editor Geoff Webster denies 'plotting misconduct' Sun deputy editor Geoff Webster denies 'plotting misconduct'
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The deputy editor of the Sun newspaper, Geoff Webster, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office. The Sun's deputy editor, Geoff Webster, has pleaded not guilty to authorising payments to public officials in return for information.
Mr Webster is accused of authorising payments to public officials in return for information to be used in stories. Mr Webster, 54, of Winchet Hill, Goudhurst, Kent, is accused of two counts of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office.
More to follow. He was arrested as part of the Met's Operation Elveden into allegations of illegal payments to public officials.
Mr Webster spoke only to enter formal not guilty pleas at the Old Bailey.
One count alleges that he authorised one of his journalists to pay £6,500 to a public official between January 2004 and January 2012.
The other count alleges he authorised a payment of £1,500 to another "unknown" official in November 2010.
Operation Elveden is running alongside Operation Weeting, the investigation into allegations of phone hacking and Operation Tuleta, which is looking at computer hacking and other privacy breaches.