Six scribes arrested in phone hacking scandal
14 Feb 2013 6:17 AM IST
Six journalists, including three women of the erstwhile 'News of the World' tabloid owned by media baron Rupert Murdoch were arrested on Wednesday by Scotland Yard over allegations of phone hacking.
Three men and three women, including current employees of News International-owned tabloid 'The Sun', are being questioned at police stations in London and Cheshire on Wednesday.
The arrests were made as part of a new line of inquiry that is separate from allegations under the existing Scotland Yard investigation into the phone hacking scandal called 'Operation Weeting'.
‘Detectives on Operation Weeting have identified a further suspected conspiracy to intercept telephone voicemails by a number of employees who worked for the now defunct 'News of the World' newspaper,’ the Metropolitan Police said in a statement.
‘This suspected conspiracy is believed to have taken place primarily during 2005 to 2006. It is separate from the alleged conspiracy already being investigated by Operation Weeting in which a number of people have been charged,’ the statement said.
Two men aged 45 and 46 were held in Wandsworth, south London, and a 39-year-old man was arrested in Greenwich, south-east London. The three women arrested were a 39-year-old who was detained in Cheshire, a 33-year-old in Islington, north London, and a 40-year-old in Lambeth, south London.
Three men and three women, including current employees of News International-owned tabloid 'The Sun', are being questioned at police stations in London and Cheshire on Wednesday.
The arrests were made as part of a new line of inquiry that is separate from allegations under the existing Scotland Yard investigation into the phone hacking scandal called 'Operation Weeting'.
‘Detectives on Operation Weeting have identified a further suspected conspiracy to intercept telephone voicemails by a number of employees who worked for the now defunct 'News of the World' newspaper,’ the Metropolitan Police said in a statement.
‘This suspected conspiracy is believed to have taken place primarily during 2005 to 2006. It is separate from the alleged conspiracy already being investigated by Operation Weeting in which a number of people have been charged,’ the statement said.
Two men aged 45 and 46 were held in Wandsworth, south London, and a 39-year-old man was arrested in Greenwich, south-east London. The three women arrested were a 39-year-old who was detained in Cheshire, a 33-year-old in Islington, north London, and a 40-year-old in Lambeth, south London.
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