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| Former Surrey police officer faces charges over the Sun | Former Surrey police officer faces charges over the Sun |
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| A former Surrey police officer is to be charged with two offences of misconduct in public office over allegations he sold information to the Sun newspaper, the Crown Prosecution Service has said. | A former Surrey police officer is to be charged with two offences of misconduct in public office over allegations he sold information to the Sun newspaper, the Crown Prosecution Service has said. |
| Alan Tierney is alleged to have provided information two times in 2009 and been paid £1,750. | |
| The CPS said: "Both of these incidents were linked to high-profile people." | The CPS said: "Both of these incidents were linked to high-profile people." |
| The former constable will be charged as part of the Metropolitan Police's Operation Elveden investigation. | The former constable will be charged as part of the Metropolitan Police's Operation Elveden investigation. |
| This is the Met's inquiry into allegations of the illegal passing on of information by public officials to journalists. | This is the Met's inquiry into allegations of the illegal passing on of information by public officials to journalists. |
| Mr Tierney will appear before Westminster magistrates at a date to be decided. | Mr Tierney will appear before Westminster magistrates at a date to be decided. |
| Alison Levitt, QC, principal legal advisor to the Director of Public Prosecutions, said: "We have concluded, following a careful review of the evidence, that Alan Tierney, a former police constable with Surrey Police, should be charged with two offences of committing misconduct in public office. | |
| "It is alleged that in 2009 Mr Tierney provided information to the Sun newspaper on two occasions in breach of the terms of his employment with Surrey Police and was paid £1,750. | |
| "The first charge relates to an allegation that Mr Tierney provided details to the newspaper about a shoplifting incident in which he was the arresting officer. | |
| "The second charge relates to an occasion on which Mr Tierney took a statement from a witness to a domestic violence incident. It is alleged that Mr Tierney passed the witness' name, address and details of the incident to the newspaper." | |
| The CPS made the announcement after receiving a file of evidence from the Met. | |
| The file also related to a member of the public but the CPS said there was insufficient evidence and this person would face no further action. |