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| Ex-Broadmoor health worker charged with selling information to journalists | |
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| A former healthcare assistant at Broadmoor has been charged with selling information to journalists. | A former healthcare assistant at Broadmoor has been charged with selling information to journalists. |
| Robert Neave, 59, was charged with conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office by detectives investigating alleged payments to public officials. | Robert Neave, 59, was charged with conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office by detectives investigating alleged payments to public officials. |
| Neave, from Knowsley, Merseyside, will appear at Westminster magistrates court on 18 July, Scotland Yard said. | Neave, from Knowsley, Merseyside, will appear at Westminster magistrates court on 18 July, Scotland Yard said. |
| It is alleged that between 22 March 2002 and 12 January 2011, Neave conspired with the Sun journalists Jamie Pyatt and John Edwards, as well as other public officials employed at Broadmoor, employees at Thames Valley and Surrey police forces, and British army officials, to commit misconduct in a public office. | It is alleged that between 22 March 2002 and 12 January 2011, Neave conspired with the Sun journalists Jamie Pyatt and John Edwards, as well as other public officials employed at Broadmoor, employees at Thames Valley and Surrey police forces, and British army officials, to commit misconduct in a public office. |
| Pyatt, 49, and Edwards, 49, were both charged last week with the same offence and are expected appear in court alongside Neave. | Pyatt, 49, and Edwards, 49, were both charged last week with the same offence and are expected appear in court alongside Neave. |
| The charges are a result of Operation Elveden, Scotland Yard's probe into alleged corrupt payments to public officials, which is running alongside its phone hacking inquiry Operation Weeting. | The charges are a result of Operation Elveden, Scotland Yard's probe into alleged corrupt payments to public officials, which is running alongside its phone hacking inquiry Operation Weeting. |
| Announcing it had authorised police to charge the men last week, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said the charge involved buying information including details about Broadmoor patients and the work of a member of the royal family. | Announcing it had authorised police to charge the men last week, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said the charge involved buying information including details about Broadmoor patients and the work of a member of the royal family. |
| Gregor McGill, from the CPS, said it was alleged that over a period of almost nine years the Sun made payments totalling more than £30,000 to public officials including police officers, army personnel and Broadmoor officials, including Neave, in exchange for information. | Gregor McGill, from the CPS, said it was alleged that over a period of almost nine years the Sun made payments totalling more than £30,000 to public officials including police officers, army personnel and Broadmoor officials, including Neave, in exchange for information. |
| "It is alleged that the information for which the Sun made payments included that relating to the health and activities of Broadmoor patients, details about the work of a member of the royal family and details of ongoing police investigations," he said. | "It is alleged that the information for which the Sun made payments included that relating to the health and activities of Broadmoor patients, details about the work of a member of the royal family and details of ongoing police investigations," he said. |
| • The headline on this article was amended on 27 June 2013. An earlier version incorrectly described Robert Neave as a former Broadmoor nurse. | |
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