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| Operation Elveden: Ex-police officer charged over Sun information | Operation Elveden: Ex-police officer charged over Sun information |
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| A former Surrey police officer has been charged with two offences of misconduct in public office over allegations he sold information to the Sun newspaper, Scotland Yard has said. | A former Surrey police officer has been charged with two offences of misconduct in public office over allegations he sold information to the Sun newspaper, Scotland Yard has said. |
| Alan Tierney, 40, a former constable, is alleged to have provided information twice in 2009 and been paid £1,750. | Alan Tierney, 40, a former constable, is alleged to have provided information twice in 2009 and been paid £1,750. |
| The separate cases involved members of ex-England footballer John Terry's family, and Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood. | The separate cases involved members of ex-England footballer John Terry's family, and Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood. |
| Mr Tierney was charged as part of the Met Police's Operation Elveden. | Mr Tierney was charged as part of the Met Police's Operation Elveden. |
| Elveden is the Metropolitan Police's inquiry into allegations of the illegal passing on of information by public officials to journalists. | Elveden is the Metropolitan Police's inquiry into allegations of the illegal passing on of information by public officials to journalists. |
| 'Terms of employment' | 'Terms of employment' |
| Mr Tierney of Hayling Island, Hampshire, will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 26 February. | Mr Tierney of Hayling Island, Hampshire, will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 26 February. |
| 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. | "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." | "Both of these incidents were linked to high-profile people." |
| File of evidence | File of evidence |
| One of the cases related to the arrest of Mr Terry's mother, Sue Terry, and mother-in-law Sue Poole on suspicion of shoplifting in March 2009. | One of the cases related to the arrest of Mr Terry's mother, Sue Terry, and mother-in-law Sue Poole on suspicion of shoplifting in March 2009. |
| The other concerned the arrest of Mr Wood, who was questioned in December 2009 over allegations that he had assaulted his Russian girlfriend Ekaterina Ivanova. | The other concerned the arrest of Mr Wood, who was questioned in December 2009 over allegations that he had assaulted his Russian girlfriend Ekaterina Ivanova. |
| All three of those investigated accepted police cautions. | All three of those investigated accepted police cautions. |
| The Press Complaints Commission later rejected a privacy claim from Mr Terry. | The Press Complaints Commission later rejected a privacy claim from Mr Terry. |
| The CPS said Mr Tierney would be charged after receiving a file of evidence from the Met. | The CPS said Mr Tierney would be charged after receiving a file of evidence from the Met. |
| The file also related to a 25-year-old man arrested on 17 February last year on suspicion of conspiracy to corrupt a public official and money laundering. | |
| The CPS said there was insufficient evidence and this person would face no further action. | |
| Operation Elveden is being run alongside two other police investigations. | 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. | Operation Weeting is an inquiry into alleged phone hacking, while Operation Tuleta is an investigation into computer hacking and other privacy breaches. |