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| Detective charged over links with News of the World | Detective charged over links with News of the World |
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| A senior Metropolitan Police detective has been charged with offering information to the News of the World (NoW) newspaper. | A senior Metropolitan Police detective has been charged with offering information to the News of the World (NoW) newspaper. |
| The Crown Prosecution Service said Det Ch Insp April Casburn had been charged with misconduct in a public office and would appear in court next month. | |
| She is the first person charged under Operation Elveden, which is investigating alleged payments to public officials by journalists. | |
| The NoW was closed in July 2011. | The NoW was closed in July 2011. |
| Det Ch Insp Casburn is accused of offering to give the paper information in September 2010 and is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 1 October for an initial hearing. | Det Ch Insp Casburn is accused of offering to give the paper information in September 2010 and is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 1 October for an initial hearing. |
| Alison Levitt, the CPS's principal legal adviser, said: "The CPS received a file of evidence from the Metropolitan Police Service which arose from Operation Elveden in relation to April Casburn. Ms Casburn is employed by the Metropolitan Police Service as a detective chief inspector in specialist operations. | Alison Levitt, the CPS's principal legal adviser, said: "The CPS received a file of evidence from the Metropolitan Police Service which arose from Operation Elveden in relation to April Casburn. Ms Casburn is employed by the Metropolitan Police Service as a detective chief inspector in specialist operations. |
| "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 DCI Casburn with misconduct in public office." | "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 DCI Casburn with misconduct in public office." |
| The BBC's home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said Det Ch Insp Casburn is the former head of the National Terrorist Financial Investigation Unit. | |
| She is thought to have worked as a fraud expert at the City of London Police, prior to joining the Met. | She is thought to have worked as a fraud expert at the City of London Police, prior to joining the Met. |
| Fifty people, including the former NoW editor and ex-Downing Street communications chief Andy Coulson, and former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks, have been arrested as part of Operation Elveden. But other than Det Ch Insp Casburn, no-one has yet been charged. | Fifty people, including the former NoW editor and ex-Downing Street communications chief Andy Coulson, and former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks, have been arrested as part of Operation Elveden. But other than Det Ch Insp Casburn, no-one has yet been charged. |
| Mr Coulson and Mrs Brooks are among a number of people who have been charged as part of the concurrent Operation Weeting investigation into phone hacking, primarily by journalists at the News of the World. | |
| The newspaper was closed down by News International last year, after 168 years in print, following phone-hacking revelations. | |
| A third police probe set up in the wake of the scandal, Operation Tuleta, is looking into alleged computer hacking. |