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| Two ex-News of the World journalists charged over hacking | |
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| Two former News of the World journalists have been charged with conspiring to hack phones, the Crown Prosecution Service has said. | Two former News of the World journalists have been charged with conspiring to hack phones, the Crown Prosecution Service has said. |
| The defunct newspaper's ex-deputy editor Neil Wallis and ex-features editor Jules Stenson are accused of conspiring to listen to voicemails between January 2003 and January 2007. | The defunct newspaper's ex-deputy editor Neil Wallis and ex-features editor Jules Stenson are accused of conspiring to listen to voicemails between January 2003 and January 2007. |
| The charges are part of Operation Pinetree into ex-NoW features staff. | The charges are part of Operation Pinetree into ex-NoW features staff. |
| Both will appear before Westminster Magistrates' Court on 21 August. | Both will appear before Westminster Magistrates' Court on 21 August. |
| Gregor McGill, from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), said it had been decided there was "sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction and that a prosecution is in the public interest". | Gregor McGill, from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), said it had been decided there was "sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction and that a prosecution is in the public interest". |
| He said the CPS had authorised the Metropolitan Police - which is leading the operation - to charge the pair. | He said the CPS had authorised the Metropolitan Police - which is leading the operation - to charge the pair. |
| Six other journalists who were held as part of the inquiry have already been told they will face no further action. | Six other journalists who were held as part of the inquiry have already been told they will face no further action. |
| Celebrities | Celebrities |
| Separately, the BBC has learned officers from Operation Pinetree have now warned about 1,300 people they may have been victims of phone hacking. | Separately, the BBC has learned officers from Operation Pinetree have now warned about 1,300 people they may have been victims of phone hacking. |
| BBC home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds said police believed there could be as many as 1,600 victims. | BBC home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds said police believed there could be as many as 1,600 victims. |
| He said many were likely to be celebrities and people already known to have been targeted by the NoW news desk. | He said many were likely to be celebrities and people already known to have been targeted by the NoW news desk. |
| However, our correspondent said the number could also include hundreds of people identified for the first time. | However, our correspondent said the number could also include hundreds of people identified for the first time. |
| The list of victims has been drawn up based on data from a PalmPilot digital device seized by police from Dan Evans, a former NoW and Sunday Mirror reporter. | The list of victims has been drawn up based on data from a PalmPilot digital device seized by police from Dan Evans, a former NoW and Sunday Mirror reporter. |
| Several sources have told the BBC the PalmPilot contained up to 800 names, while a separate list of names given to Evans by a senior NoW journalist contained a further 800 names. | |
| The BBC understands around half of the 800 names on a contact list on the PalmPilot could have had their phones hacked while Evans was at the Sunday Mirror. | |
| Illegal payments | |
| Our correspondent said the revelation was the "first time a figure has been disclosed estimating the number of potential victims of hacking by Mirror titles". | |
| Evans was last month given a 10-month suspended prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to two counts of phone hacking as well as making illegal payments to officials and perverting the course of justice. | Evans was last month given a 10-month suspended prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to two counts of phone hacking as well as making illegal payments to officials and perverting the course of justice. |
| He had admitted one count of hacking at the Sunday Mirror, where he worked from 2003-2005 and one charge from his time at the NoW, where he worked from 2004-2010. | He had admitted one count of hacking at the Sunday Mirror, where he worked from 2003-2005 and one charge from his time at the NoW, where he worked from 2004-2010. |
| News International - now called News UK - which owned the NoW has admitted liability for phone hacking. | News International - now called News UK - which owned the NoW has admitted liability for phone hacking. |
| Trinity Mirror, which owns the Sunday Mirror, has insisted its journalists worked within the law and within the Press Complaints Commission's code of conduct. | Trinity Mirror, which owns the Sunday Mirror, has insisted its journalists worked within the law and within the Press Complaints Commission's code of conduct. |
| Operation Golding is investigating Mirror Group Newspapers, which has denied hacking took place at its titles. | Operation Golding is investigating Mirror Group Newspapers, which has denied hacking took place at its titles. |