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22/02/2013
No Charges For Ex-NoW Deputy Editor
The News of the World’s former deputy editor will not face any charges in connection to phone hacking due to ‘insufficient evidence’, the CPS has announced.
Neil Wallis was arrested in 2011 on suspicion of intercepting communications but in a statement from Alison Levitt QC, principal legal adviser to the Director of Public Prosecutions, it said “that there is insufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction”.
Following the news Mr Wallis wrote on Twitter: "After 21 months of hell for my family, CPS have just told my solicitors that there will be no prosecution of me."
So far, 26 people have been arrested as part of Operation Weeting, the Metropolitan Police's investigation into illegal access to voicemails.
Eight people, including former News International executive Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, the prime minister's former spokesman, are facing a total of 19 charges relating to phone hacking.
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Neil Wallis was arrested in 2011 on suspicion of intercepting communications but in a statement from Alison Levitt QC, principal legal adviser to the Director of Public Prosecutions, it said “that there is insufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction”.
Following the news Mr Wallis wrote on Twitter: "After 21 months of hell for my family, CPS have just told my solicitors that there will be no prosecution of me."
So far, 26 people have been arrested as part of Operation Weeting, the Metropolitan Police's investigation into illegal access to voicemails.
Eight people, including former News International executive Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, the prime minister's former spokesman, are facing a total of 19 charges relating to phone hacking.
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