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| Former NI security guard faces charge of perverting course of justice | Former NI security guard faces charge of perverting course of justice |
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| A former News International security guard is to face a charge of perverting the course of justice in connection with the police investigation into alleged phone hacking. | A former News International security guard is to face a charge of perverting the course of justice in connection with the police investigation into alleged phone hacking. |
| Lee Sandell will appear at Westminster Magistrates Court on 13 September accused of conspiring with Rebekah Brooks, the former News International chief executive, and four others to conceal documents, computers and other devices from police. | Lee Sandell will appear at Westminster Magistrates Court on 13 September accused of conspiring with Rebekah Brooks, the former News International chief executive, and four others to conceal documents, computers and other devices from police. |
| The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said on Wednesday that Sandell is the sixth person to be charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice in relation to Scotland Yard's investigation into phone hacking. | The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said on Wednesday that Sandell is the sixth person to be charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice in relation to Scotland Yard's investigation into phone hacking. |
| Brooks and her husband Charlie were charged in May, alongside News International's former security chief, Mark Hanna, Brooks's chauffer, Paul Edwards, and her News International security guard, Daryl Josling. | Brooks and her husband Charlie were charged in May, alongside News International's former security chief, Mark Hanna, Brooks's chauffer, Paul Edwards, and her News International security guard, Daryl Josling. |
| The CPS a Sandell conspired with Brooks, Hanna, Edwards, Josling and persons unknown between 15 and 19 July 2011 to "conceal documents, computers and other electronic devices" from Metropolitan police officers investigating allegations of phone hacking and inappropriate payments to police officers. | The CPS a Sandell conspired with Brooks, Hanna, Edwards, Josling and persons unknown between 15 and 19 July 2011 to "conceal documents, computers and other electronic devices" from Metropolitan police officers investigating allegations of phone hacking and inappropriate payments to police officers. |
| Alison Levitt QC, principal legal advisor to the director of public prosecutions, said: "The CPS received a file of evidence in relation to Lee Sandell from the Metropolitan police service on 9 August 2012. This file of evidence arose from Operation Sacha, the investigation into allegations of perverting the course of justice. Mr Sandell was employed by News International in a security role. | Alison Levitt QC, principal legal advisor to the director of public prosecutions, said: "The CPS received a file of evidence in relation to Lee Sandell from the Metropolitan police service on 9 August 2012. This file of evidence arose from Operation Sacha, the investigation into allegations of perverting the course of justice. Mr Sandell was employed by News International in a security role. |
| "We have concluded, having carefully considered the file of evidence, that there is sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction and that it is in the public interest to charge Mr Sandell with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice." | "We have concluded, having carefully considered the file of evidence, that there is sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction and that it is in the public interest to charge Mr Sandell with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice." |
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