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Neil Wallis and Jules Stenson, the former deputy editor and features editor of the News of the World, are to be charged with an alleged conspiracy to hack phones.Neil Wallis and Jules Stenson, the former deputy editor and features editor of the News of the World, are to be charged with an alleged conspiracy to hack phones.
The Crown Prosecution Service announced on Tuesday that Wallis and Stenson would be charged with conspiring with former News of the World editor Andy Coulson, five other journalists from the paper, private investigator Glenn Mulcaire and “other persons unknown” to illegally intercept voicemail messages “of well-known people and those associated with them” between 1 January 2003 and 26 January 2007.The Crown Prosecution Service announced on Tuesday that Wallis and Stenson would be charged with conspiring with former News of the World editor Andy Coulson, five other journalists from the paper, private investigator Glenn Mulcaire and “other persons unknown” to illegally intercept voicemail messages “of well-known people and those associated with them” between 1 January 2003 and 26 January 2007.
They are due to appear before Westminister magistrates’ court on 21 August.They are due to appear before Westminister magistrates’ court on 21 August.
“The CPS has authorised the Metropolitan police to charge Jules Stenson, former features editor of the News of the World and to summons Neil Wallis, former deputy editor of the News of the World with an offence of conspiracy to intercept communications in the course of their transmission, commonly known as ‘phone hacking’,” said Gregor McGill, a senior CPS lawyer.“The CPS has authorised the Metropolitan police to charge Jules Stenson, former features editor of the News of the World and to summons Neil Wallis, former deputy editor of the News of the World with an offence of conspiracy to intercept communications in the course of their transmission, commonly known as ‘phone hacking’,” said Gregor McGill, a senior CPS lawyer.
“May I remind all concerned that criminal proceedings against them will now be commenced and of their right to a fair trial. It is extremely important that there should be no reporting, commentary or sharing of information online which could in any way prejudice these proceedings.“May I remind all concerned that criminal proceedings against them will now be commenced and of their right to a fair trial. It is extremely important that there should be no reporting, commentary or sharing of information online which could in any way prejudice these proceedings.
“These decisions were taken in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors and the DPP’s guidelines on the public interest in cases affecting the media. We have decided there is sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction and that a prosecution is in the public interest.”“These decisions were taken in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors and the DPP’s guidelines on the public interest in cases affecting the media. We have decided there is sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction and that a prosecution is in the public interest.”
Wallis said in a statement on Twitter: “I am devastated that more than three years after my initial arrest, this has been brought against me. My family and I have already paid a huge price from the police’s very public attention.
“Perhaps it is inevitable that after being such an outspoken critic of the collateral damage and pain caused by this endlessly vindictive and enormously costly investigation the ire has been turned on me for something that occurred at News International which I was not party to and have always said was wrong.
“Sadly, legal reporting restrictions prevent me commenting further on this sad day.”
Wallis and Stenson are to be charged as a result of evidence submitted to the CPS by Scotland Yard in relation to Operation Pinetree.Wallis and Stenson are to be charged as a result of evidence submitted to the CPS by Scotland Yard in relation to Operation Pinetree.
Six other former News of the World journalists arrested last year by officers working on Operation Pinetree were told by the CPS earlier this month that they faced no further action, because of “insufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction” on phone hacking-related allegations.Six other former News of the World journalists arrested last year by officers working on Operation Pinetree were told by the CPS earlier this month that they faced no further action, because of “insufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction” on phone hacking-related allegations.
They are understood to be Gary Thompson, Rav Singh, Matthew Nixson, Polly Graham, Jane Atkinson and Rachel Richardson.They are understood to be Gary Thompson, Rav Singh, Matthew Nixson, Polly Graham, Jane Atkinson and Rachel Richardson.