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Three Sun journalists and one former Daily Mirror journalist are facing charges in relation to Scotland Yard's Operation Elveden investigation into alleged payments to public officials for stories.Three Sun journalists and one former Daily Mirror journalist are facing charges in relation to Scotland Yard's Operation Elveden investigation into alleged payments to public officials for stories.
In all eight individuals are to be charged, with three others told they face no further action, the Crown Prosecution Service announced on Wednesday.In all eight individuals are to be charged, with three others told they face no further action, the Crown Prosecution Service announced on Wednesday.
The Sun journalists are Tom Wells, Neil Millard and Brandan Malinksy. The former Mirror journalist is Graham Brough. The Sun journalists are Tom Wells, Neil Millard and Brandon Malinksy. The former Mirror journalist is Graham Brough.
The CPS says it has authorised police to charge Wells and Millard and to summons Malinsky and Brough to appear in court in relation to allegations of conspiring to cause misconduct in public office.The CPS says it has authorised police to charge Wells and Millard and to summons Malinsky and Brough to appear in court in relation to allegations of conspiring to cause misconduct in public office.
They have been charged in connection with several public officials, including one Metropolitan police officer.They have been charged in connection with several public officials, including one Metropolitan police officer.
Wells, the Sun's home affairs correspondent, is facing three counts of conspiring to cause misconduct in public office in a period spanning 2008 to 2010.Wells, the Sun's home affairs correspondent, is facing three counts of conspiring to cause misconduct in public office in a period spanning 2008 to 2010.
He is to be charged alongside Mark Blake, whose place of work has not been provided by the CPS, with unnamed others and with a single public official who has not been named.He is to be charged alongside Mark Blake, whose place of work has not been provided by the CPS, with unnamed others and with a single public official who has not been named.
Millard, a Sun reporter, is facing three counts of conspiring to cause misconduct in public office between 2010 and 2011.Millard, a Sun reporter, is facing three counts of conspiring to cause misconduct in public office between 2010 and 2011.
He has been named alongside Malinsky in relation to one count of conspiring with Reggie Nunkoo.He has been named alongside Malinsky in relation to one count of conspiring with Reggie Nunkoo.
On the second count, Millard has been accused of conspiring along with Wells and unnamed others, while the third count he is facing with Rosemary Collier, whose place of work has not been provided by the CPS.On the second count, Millard has been accused of conspiring along with Wells and unnamed others, while the third count he is facing with Rosemary Collier, whose place of work has not been provided by the CPS.
Brough, the former Mirror journalist who left the paper in 2010, has been told he will be summonsed to appear in court in relation to a conspiracy to cause misconduct in public office alongside Nunkoo over an alleged offence that took place between 2010 and 2011.Brough, the former Mirror journalist who left the paper in 2010, has been told he will be summonsed to appear in court in relation to a conspiracy to cause misconduct in public office alongside Nunkoo over an alleged offence that took place between 2010 and 2011.
The eighth individual facing charges has been named as Sam Azouelos, a Met officer who faces one count of misconduct in public office between 3 July 2006 and 30 April 2010.The eighth individual facing charges has been named as Sam Azouelos, a Met officer who faces one count of misconduct in public office between 3 July 2006 and 30 April 2010.
The CPS said it received a file in relation to 10 individuals from the Met on 18 October 2013.The CPS said it received a file in relation to 10 individuals from the Met on 18 October 2013.
"The CPS has authorised the Metropolitan police to charge Tom Wells, Neil Millard, Reggie Nunkoo, Mark Blake and Rosemary Collier, and to summons Brandon Malinsky and Graham Brough, for offences of misconduct in public office," the CPS said in a statement."The CPS has authorised the Metropolitan police to charge Tom Wells, Neil Millard, Reggie Nunkoo, Mark Blake and Rosemary Collier, and to summons Brandon Malinsky and Graham Brough, for offences of misconduct in public office," the CPS said in a statement.
"The CPS has decided that there is insufficient evidence in relation to three other individuals who have been informed they face no further action.""The CPS has decided that there is insufficient evidence in relation to three other individuals who have been informed they face no further action."
It received a second file in relation to four individuals on 4 November 2013.It received a second file in relation to four individuals on 4 November 2013.
"The CPS has authorised the Metropolitan police to charge Sam Azouelos with one count of misconduct in public office between 3 July 2006 and 30 April 2010," said the CPS."The CPS has authorised the Metropolitan police to charge Sam Azouelos with one count of misconduct in public office between 3 July 2006 and 30 April 2010," said the CPS.