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Crime reporter Anthony France has won an appeal against his conviction for paying for tip-offs from an anti-terrorism officer. Sun crime reporter Anthony France has won an appeal against his conviction for paying for tip-offs from an anti-terrorism officer.
The Sun reporter had been the only journalist to be successfully tried as part of the police investigation into payments to public officials known as Operation Elveden. He was the only journalist to be successfully tried under Operation Elveden, the police probe into payments to public officials.
Mr France, 42, from Watford, was given an 18-month sentence in May 2015, suspended for two years.
He said he could now rebuild his life "after 1,379 days of sheer hell."
The Crown Prosecution Service has said there will be no re-trial.