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| Operation Tuleta: Two face MP phone theft charges | Operation Tuleta: Two face MP phone theft charges |
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| Sun journalist Nick Parker and a second man will be charged by police over the theft of an MP's mobile phone in 2010. | Sun journalist Nick Parker and a second man will be charged by police over the theft of an MP's mobile phone in 2010. |
| Mr Parker, 52, from south-west London, is accused of one count of receiving stolen goods and one of unauthorised access to computer material. | Mr Parker, 52, from south-west London, is accused of one count of receiving stolen goods and one of unauthorised access to computer material. |
| Michael Ankers, 29, from south-west London, faces one count of theft of a phone belonging to Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh. | Michael Ankers, 29, from south-west London, faces one count of theft of a phone belonging to Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh. |
| Both men will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 6 November. | Both men will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 6 November. |
| Gregor McGill, a lawyer at the Crown Prosecution Service, said there was insufficient evidence to charge another suspect in relation to the case. | Gregor McGill, a lawyer at the Crown Prosecution Service, said there was insufficient evidence to charge another suspect in relation to the case. |
| Ms McDonagh, who has represented Mitcham and Morden since 1997, had her mobile phone stolen from her car in Colliers Wood in south-west London on 17 October 2010. | Ms McDonagh, who has represented Mitcham and Morden since 1997, had her mobile phone stolen from her car in Colliers Wood in south-west London on 17 October 2010. |
| The accusations against Parker and Ankers bring to three the number of people charged under Operation Tuleta, a Scotland Yard investigation focused on computer hacking and other alleged privacy breaches. | The accusations against Parker and Ankers bring to three the number of people charged under Operation Tuleta, a Scotland Yard investigation focused on computer hacking and other alleged privacy breaches. |
| Operation Tuleta began in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal. | |
| It is being run by the Metropolitan Police alongside Operation Elveden, which is an investigation into inappropriate payments to public officials, and Operation Weeting, the Met's phone-hacking inquiry. | It is being run by the Metropolitan Police alongside Operation Elveden, which is an investigation into inappropriate payments to public officials, and Operation Weeting, the Met's phone-hacking inquiry. |
| Mr Parker has already been charged with three counts of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office over payments to officials. | |
| The Independent Police Complaints Commission has also made three arrests under inquiries linked to the investigations. | The Independent Police Complaints Commission has also made three arrests under inquiries linked to the investigations. |