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| Leveson Inquiry: Ex-Met Police chiefs give evidence | Leveson Inquiry: Ex-Met Police chiefs give evidence |
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| Ex-Scotland Yard chiefs criticised for their handling of the News of the World phone-hacking scandal are appearing at the Leveson media ethics inquiry. | |
| Former counter-terror chief John Yates will address the inquiry, which is currently examining the relationship between the press and police. | Former counter-terror chief John Yates will address the inquiry, which is currently examining the relationship between the press and police. |
| He resigned in July amid pressure over alleged links to an ex-NoW executive. | He resigned in July amid pressure over alleged links to an ex-NoW executive. |
| Fellow ex-assistant commissioner Andy Hayman, who led the original hacking investigation in 2006, also appears. | Fellow ex-assistant commissioner Andy Hayman, who led the original hacking investigation in 2006, also appears. |
| Last July, he was criticised by MPs for having dinners with News International journalists while inquiries were ongoing, with one MP suggesting he would have appeared a "dodgy geezer". | Last July, he was criticised by MPs for having dinners with News International journalists while inquiries were ongoing, with one MP suggesting he would have appeared a "dodgy geezer". |
| Mr Hayman dismissed as rubbish any suggestion they were "cosy candlelit dinners". | Mr Hayman dismissed as rubbish any suggestion they were "cosy candlelit dinners". |
| Mr Yates, meanwhile, has since leaving his post expressed "extreme regret" for ruling out reopening the phone-hacking investigation in 2009. | Mr Yates, meanwhile, has since leaving his post expressed "extreme regret" for ruling out reopening the phone-hacking investigation in 2009. |
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| The police watchdog cleared both officers - along with ex-deputy assistant commissioner Peter Clarke, who also gives evidence later - of misconduct over their roles in the original investigation. | The police watchdog cleared both officers - along with ex-deputy assistant commissioner Peter Clarke, who also gives evidence later - of misconduct over their roles in the original investigation. |
| The Independent Police Complaints Commission also cleared Mr Yates of misconduct over claims that he secured a job for the daughter of former NoW deputy editor Neil Wallis. | The Independent Police Complaints Commission also cleared Mr Yates of misconduct over claims that he secured a job for the daughter of former NoW deputy editor Neil Wallis. |
| Scotland Yard's original phone-hacking inquiry resulted in the jailing of NoW royal editor Clive Goodman and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire in January 2007, after they admitted intercepting voicemail messages left on royal aides' phones. | Scotland Yard's original phone-hacking inquiry resulted in the jailing of NoW royal editor Clive Goodman and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire in January 2007, after they admitted intercepting voicemail messages left on royal aides' phones. |
| However, the Met was heavily criticised for limiting the scope of the investigation despite evidence from Mulcaire's notebooks suggesting there could be thousands of hacking victims. | However, the Met was heavily criticised for limiting the scope of the investigation despite evidence from Mulcaire's notebooks suggesting there could be thousands of hacking victims. |
| Mr Yates is expected to give evidence via video link from Bahrain, where he is overseeing reform of the police force. | Mr Yates is expected to give evidence via video link from Bahrain, where he is overseeing reform of the police force. |