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Anthony France: Sun reporter guilty over police payments Sun reporter Anthony France guilty over police payments
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Sun crime reporter Anthony France has been found guilty of paying a police officer at Heathrow Airport for story tips. Sun crime reporter Anthony France has been found guilty of paying a Heathrow Airport terror officer for story tips.
France, 41, from Watford, had denied aiding and abetting PC Timothy Edwards to commit misconduct in a public office. France, 41, from Watford, had denied aiding and abetting PC Timothy Edwards to commit misconduct in a public office between March 2008 and July 2011.
The Old Bailey trial was part of the Metropolitan Police's Operation Elveden, which is investigating alleged illegal payments to police and officials. The Old Bailey trial was part of the Met Police's Operation Elveden, which is investigating alleged illegal payments to police and officials.
France had said he was a "man of good character not involved in crime".
He will be sentenced on 29 May. His mother burst into tears as he left the dock after being found guilty.
The court heard that PC Edwards, 49, sold 38 stories and titbits of information to France in exchange for more than £22,000, while working at Heathrow Airport in SO15 Counter Terrorism Command.
During the trial, France had said he would never have become involved in buying story tips if he had known it was illegal.