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| Operation Elveden: Ex-police officer faces Sun charges | |
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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, a former constable, is alleged to have provided information twice in 2009 and been paid £1,750. | |
| One occasion was a shoplifting incident involving the mother and mother-in-law of ex-England footballer John Terry. | |
| Mr Tierney will be charged as part of the Met Police's Operation Elveden. | |
| This is the Metropolitan Police'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. | 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. | "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 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. | |
| "Both of these incidents were linked to high-profile people." | |
| The CPS made the announcement after receiving a file of evidence from the Met. | 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. | 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. |
| The Sun reported the case of the mother and mother-in-law of Mr Terry in March 2009, saying the pair had been cautioned. The Press Complaints Commission later rejected a privacy claim from Mr Terry about the article. | |
| Operation Elveden is being run alongside two other police investigations. | |
| Operation Weeting is an inquiry into alleged phone hacking, while Operation Tuleta is an investigation into computer hacking and other privacy breaches. |