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News of the World features editor Jules Stenson has been given a four-month suspended jail sentence for his part in the phone-hacking scandal.News of the World features editor Jules Stenson has been given a four-month suspended jail sentence for his part in the phone-hacking scandal.
Stenson, 49, from Battersea, south west London, pleaded guilty in December 2014 to plotting to hack phones.Stenson, 49, from Battersea, south west London, pleaded guilty in December 2014 to plotting to hack phones.
He is the ninth journalist from the Sunday tabloid to be convicted for phone hacking. He is the ninth and final journalist from the Sunday tabloid to be convicted for phone hacking.
Mr Justice Saunders also sentenced him to 200 hours of community service and ordered him to pay £18,000 legal costs.Mr Justice Saunders also sentenced him to 200 hours of community service and ordered him to pay £18,000 legal costs.
The court also ordered him to pay a £5,000 fine.The court also ordered him to pay a £5,000 fine.
Stenson was charged with plotting to hack phones between 1 January 2003 and 26 January 2007.Stenson was charged with plotting to hack phones between 1 January 2003 and 26 January 2007.
The court heard that hacking was widespread in the newsroom for years before Stenson, under pressure from the editor Andy Coulson, brought it to the features department.The court heard that hacking was widespread in the newsroom for years before Stenson, under pressure from the editor Andy Coulson, brought it to the features department.
Stenson helped recruit the hacker Dan Evans to The News of the World from the Sunday Mirror, said prosecutor Julian Christopher QC.Stenson helped recruit the hacker Dan Evans to The News of the World from the Sunday Mirror, said prosecutor Julian Christopher QC.
'Intense competition''Intense competition'
Both the former editor of the News of the World Andy Coulson and Stenson were at a breakfast meeting with Evans when they discussed phone hacking, said Mr Christopher.Both the former editor of the News of the World Andy Coulson and Stenson were at a breakfast meeting with Evans when they discussed phone hacking, said Mr Christopher.
Mr Christopher added that there was intense competition between the news and features desks and Stenson took the attitude "if you can't beat them join them".Mr Christopher added that there was intense competition between the news and features desks and Stenson took the attitude "if you can't beat them join them".
The celebrities whose phones were hacked included actress Sienna Miller, TV personality Jade Goody, footballers Sol Campbell and Steven Gerrard, manager Sven-Goran Eriksson and boxer Mir Khan. Phone records showed that, in a seven-month period in 2006, Evans intercepted voicemails on 120 occasions.
The celebrities whose phones were hacked included actress Sienna Miller, TV personality Jade Goody, footballers Sol Campbell and Steven Gerrard, manager Sven-Goran Eriksson and boxer Amir Khan.
Stenson's lawyer, James Hines QC, called for a suspended sentence as his client had been put under intense pressure by Andy Coulson.Stenson's lawyer, James Hines QC, called for a suspended sentence as his client had been put under intense pressure by Andy Coulson.
Mr Hines said that while phone-hacking was prolific, the features hacking operation was nowhere near "the industrial scale" of the news department.Mr Hines said that while phone-hacking was prolific, the features hacking operation was nowhere near "the industrial scale" of the news department.
Stenson broke down in the dock when he heard he would not be going to jail and thanked the judge before he left court.Stenson broke down in the dock when he heard he would not be going to jail and thanked the judge before he left court.
Outside, he apologised to the victims saying: "It was wrong and it should never have happened".Outside, he apologised to the victims saying: "It was wrong and it should never have happened".
Evans was given a 10-month jail sentence suspended for a year for two counts of phone hacking and making illegal payments to officials at the Old Bailey in July 2014.Evans was given a 10-month jail sentence suspended for a year for two counts of phone hacking and making illegal payments to officials at the Old Bailey in July 2014.
He was a prosecution witness against his former editor Andy Coulson in the hacking trial.He was a prosecution witness against his former editor Andy Coulson in the hacking trial.