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British detective jailed in phone-hacking scandal
Source: Associated Press
British detective jailed in phone-hacking scandal
AP foreign, Friday February 1 2013
CASSANDRA VINOGRAD
Associated Press= LONDON (AP) — A senior British counterterrorism detective was sentenced Friday to 15 months in prison for trying to sell information to Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tabloid.
Detective Chief Inspector April Casburn, 53, was the first person convicted on charges related to Britain's phone-hacking scandal since a police investigation was reopened in early 2011.
She was found guilty last month of misconduct for phoning the tabloid and offering to pass on information about whether London's police force would reopen its stalled phone-hacking investigation.
Judge Adrian Fulford said Casburn's action was "a corrupt attempt to make money out of sensitive and potentially very damaging information."
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AP foreign, Friday February 1 2013
CASSANDRA VINOGRAD
Associated Press= LONDON (AP) — A senior British counterterrorism detective was sentenced Friday to 15 months in prison for trying to sell information to Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tabloid.
Detective Chief Inspector April Casburn, 53, was the first person convicted on charges related to Britain's phone-hacking scandal since a police investigation was reopened in early 2011.
She was found guilty last month of misconduct for phoning the tabloid and offering to pass on information about whether London's police force would reopen its stalled phone-hacking investigation.
Judge Adrian Fulford said Casburn's action was "a corrupt attempt to make money out of sensitive and potentially very damaging information."
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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/10639585
