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| Phone hacking: former News of the World head of legal arrested | |
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| A 60-year-old man, understood to be former News of the World head of legal Tom Crone, has been arrested by Metropolitan police detectives investigating phone hacking. | |
| Crone was arrested at his home address in south-west London on Thursday morning on suspicion of conspiracy to intercept communications. | |
| It is understood that the arrest followed the passing of information from News International's management and standards committee and Crone had no prior notice that the police were to make the arrest. | |
| He is the 25th person arrested as part of the Operation Weeting investigation into phone hacking. | He is the 25th person arrested as part of the Operation Weeting investigation into phone hacking. |
| The Met said the man was being questioned at a south London police station on Thursday morning. | The Met said the man was being questioned at a south London police station on Thursday morning. |
| He is the second to be arrested under Operation Weeting since the Crown Prosecution Service brought phone-hacking charges against several former News of the World journalists, including ex-chief executive Rebekah Brooks and former editor Andy Coulson, earlier this month. | He is the second to be arrested under Operation Weeting since the Crown Prosecution Service brought phone-hacking charges against several former News of the World journalists, including ex-chief executive Rebekah Brooks and former editor Andy Coulson, earlier this month. |
| The force said in a statement: "Officers from Operation Weeting, the MPS inquiry into the hacking of telephone voicemail boxes, arrested a man in south-west London this morning, Thursday 30 August. | The force said in a statement: "Officers from Operation Weeting, the MPS inquiry into the hacking of telephone voicemail boxes, arrested a man in south-west London this morning, Thursday 30 August. |
| "The 60-year-old man was arrested at his home address at approximately 06.45 hrs this morning on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications contrary to section 1 of the Criminal Law Act 1977. He is being interviewed at a south London police station." | "The 60-year-old man was arrested at his home address at approximately 06.45 hrs this morning on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications contrary to section 1 of the Criminal Law Act 1977. He is being interviewed at a south London police station." |