UK journalist sentenced
LONDON: Four years after a phone-hacking scandal sank the News of the World, the last of the tabloid’s journalists to face charges has been sentenced.A judge on Monday gave ex-features Editor Jules Stenson a four-month suspended sentence and 200 hours community service for conspiring to hack phones. Stenson had pleaded
By our correspondents
July 07, 2015
LONDON: Four years after a phone-hacking scandal sank the News of the World, the last of the tabloid’s journalists to face charges has been sentenced.
A judge on Monday gave ex-features Editor Jules Stenson a four-month suspended sentence and 200 hours community service for conspiring to hack phones. Stenson had pleaded guilty.
The July 2011 revelation that the Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid had eavesdropped on the voicemails of a teenage murder victim rocked Britain’s media, political and police establishments. Murdoch shut down the 168-year-old newspaper, and his News Corp. cooperated with a police investigation that saw dozens of staff arrested.
A judge on Monday gave ex-features Editor Jules Stenson a four-month suspended sentence and 200 hours community service for conspiring to hack phones. Stenson had pleaded guilty.
The July 2011 revelation that the Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid had eavesdropped on the voicemails of a teenage murder victim rocked Britain’s media, political and police establishments. Murdoch shut down the 168-year-old newspaper, and his News Corp. cooperated with a police investigation that saw dozens of staff arrested.
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