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	On 31 July 2013, the CPS announced it was dropping cases against three journalists, one of whom was believed to be [[Richard Barun]].<ref>[http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/cps-drops-cases-against-three-newspaper-staff-investigated-elveden-bribery-probe CPS drops cases against three newspaper staff investigated in Elveden bribery probe], ''Press Gazette'', 31 July 2013.</ref>		On 31 July 2013, the CPS announced it was dropping cases against three journalists, one of whom was believed to be [[Richard Barun]].<ref>[http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/cps-drops-cases-against-three-newspaper-staff-investigated-elveden-bribery-probe CPS drops cases against three newspaper staff investigated in Elveden bribery probe], ''Press Gazette'', 31 July 2013.</ref>
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		+	==August 2013 charges==
		+	On 20 August 2013, the Crown Prosecution Service announced charges against another nine people, including ''Sun'' and ''Mirror'' journalists and public officials, arising out of Operation Elveden.<ref>[http://blog.cps.gov.uk/2013/08/operation-elveden-former-daily-mirror-journalist-and-eight-others-to-be-charged.html Operation Elveden: Former Daily Mirror journalist and eight others to be charged], Crown Prosecution Service, 20 August 2013.</ref>

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 In relation to a third file, on allegations of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office against one journalist and three public officials, it was determined that there was insufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction and that no further action should be taken.<ref name="CPS08072013>[http://blog.cps.gov.uk/2013/07/operation-elveden-prison-officer-four-journalists-and-one-other-to-be-charged.html Operation Elveden: Prison officer, three journalists and member of the public to be charged], Crown Prosecution Service, 8 July 2013.</ref>
-on 31 July 2013, the CPS announced it was dropping cases against three journalists, one of whom was believed to be [[Richard Barun]].<ref>[http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/cps-drops-cases-against-three-newspaper-staff-investigated-elveden-bribery-probe CPS drops cases against three newspaper staff investigated in Elveden bribery probe], ''Press Gazette'', 31 July 2013.</ref>
+On 31 July 2013, the CPS announced it was dropping cases against three journalists, one of whom was believed to be [[Richard Barun]].<ref>[http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/cps-drops-cases-against-three-newspaper-staff-investigated-elveden-bribery-probe CPS drops cases against three newspaper staff investigated in Elveden bribery probe], ''Press Gazette'', 31 July 2013.</ref>
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 Other journalists arrested in the operation came from the ''Daily Mirror'', the ''Sunday Mirror'' and the ''Daily Star Sunday''.<ref>Tom Watson & Martin Hickman, ''Dial M for Murdoch, News Corporation and the Corruption of Britain'', Penguin Books, 2012, p.264.</ref>
-==June 2013 charges==
+==July 2013 charges==
 On 8 July 2013, [[Gregor McGill]], a senior lawyer with the [[Crown Prosecution Service]] announced prosecutions relating to three files of evidence from Operation Elveden.<ref name="CPS08072013>[http://blog.cps.gov.uk/2013/07/operation-elveden-prison-officer-four-journalists-and-one-other-to-be-charged.html Operation Elveden: Prison officer, three journalists and member of the public to be charged], Crown Prosecution Service, 8 July 2013.</ref>
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 In relation to a third file, on allegations of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office against one journalist and three public officials, it was determined that there was insufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction and that no further action should be taken.<ref name="CPS08072013>[http://blog.cps.gov.uk/2013/07/operation-elveden-prison-officer-four-journalists-and-one-other-to-be-charged.html Operation Elveden: Prison officer, three journalists and member of the public to be charged], Crown Prosecution Service, 8 July 2013.</ref>
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	In relation to a third file, on allegations of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office against one journalist and three public officials, it was determined that there was insufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction and that no further action should be taken.<ref name="CPS08072013>[http://blog.cps.gov.uk/2013/07/operation-elveden-prison-officer-four-journalists-and-one-other-to-be-charged.html Operation Elveden: Prison officer, three journalists and member of the public to be charged], Crown Prosecution Service, 8 July 2013.</ref>		In relation to a third file, on allegations of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office against one journalist and three public officials, it was determined that there was insufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction and that no further action should be taken.<ref name="CPS08072013>[http://blog.cps.gov.uk/2013/07/operation-elveden-prison-officer-four-journalists-and-one-other-to-be-charged.html Operation Elveden: Prison officer, three journalists and member of the public to be charged], Crown Prosecution Service, 8 July 2013.</ref>
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		+	==External resources==
		+	*Sandra Laville, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk-news/2013/jul/12/operation-elveden-ian-brady-jon-venables Elveden: Duchess of Cambridge and Ian Brady among suspected victims], ''The Guardian'', 12 July 2013.

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 ==June 2013 charges==
-On 8 July 2013, [[Gregor McGill]], a senior lawyer with the [[Crown Prosecution Service]] announced prosecutions relating to three files evidence of from Operation Elveden.<ref name="CPS08072013>[http://blog.cps.gov.uk/2013/07/operation-elveden-prison-officer-four-journalists-and-one-other-to-be-charged.html Operation Elveden: Prison officer, three journalists and member of the public to be charged], Crown Prosecution Service, 8 July 2013.</ref>
+On 8 July 2013, [[Gregor McGill]], a senior lawyer with the [[Crown Prosecution Service]] announced prosecutions relating to three files of evidence from Operation Elveden.<ref name="CPS08072013>[http://blog.cps.gov.uk/2013/07/operation-elveden-prison-officer-four-journalists-and-one-other-to-be-charged.html Operation Elveden: Prison officer, three journalists and member of the public to be charged], Crown Prosecution Service, 8 July 2013.</ref>
 It was announced that [[Scott Chapman]], a former prison officer at [[HMP Woodhill]] and his ex-partner [[Lynn Gaffney]] should be charged with four counts of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office. [[Lucy Panton]], former Crime Editor at the ''[[News of the World]]'', and [[Thomas Savage]], Deputy News Editor at the ''[[Daily Star on Sunday]]'', should be charged with one count each of conspiring to commit misconduct in public office. The CPS also determined that no further action will be taken in relation to one journalist from the Mirror Group as there was insufficient evidence.<ref name="CPS08072013>[http://blog.cps.gov.uk/2013/07/operation-elveden-prison-officer-four-journalists-and-one-other-to-be-charged.html Operation Elveden: Prison officer, three journalists and member of the public to be charged], Crown Prosecution Service, 8 July 2013.</ref>

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 [[Operation Elveden]] is a [[Metropolitan Police]] operation begun in the summer of 2011 under Deputy Assistant Commissioner [[Sue Akers]] to investigate police corruption after evidence of bribery was handed over by the ''[[News of the World]]''.<ref>Tom Watson & Martin Hickman, ''Dial M for Murdoch, News Corporation and the Corruption of Britain'', Penguin Books, 2012, p.168.</ref>
-On 19 April 2012, the police arrested the ''Sun''s royal editor [[Duncan Larcombe]], and a member of the armed forces. In the following months they arrested two more ''Sun'' journalists including [[Neil Millard]].<ref>Tom Watson & Martin Hickman, ''Dial M for Murdoch, News Corporation and the Corruption of Britain'', Penguin Books, 2012, p.263.</ref>
+On 19 April 2012, the police arrested the ''Sun'''s royal editor [[Duncan Larcombe]], and a member of the armed forces. In the following months they arrested two more ''Sun'' journalists including [[Neil Millard]].<ref>Tom Watson & Martin Hickman, ''Dial M for Murdoch, News Corporation and the Corruption of Britain'', Penguin Books, 2012, p.263.</ref>
 Other journalists arrested in the operation came from the ''Daily Mirror'', the ''Sunday Mirror'' and the ''Daily Star Sunday''.<ref>Tom Watson & Martin Hickman, ''Dial M for Murdoch, News Corporation and the Corruption of Britain'', Penguin Books, 2012, p.264.</ref>

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 It was also announced that [[Chris Pharo]] would be charged with one count of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office:
-::It is alleged that between January 2006 and December 2010 Chris Pharo, who was News Editor and later Head of News at The Sun newspaper at the material time, gave authorisation for payments to public officials employed at Broadmoor secure hospital and at the [[Thames Valley Police|Thames Valley]], Surrey and [[Metropolitan Police|Metropolitan]] police forces, as well as officers in the British Army and prison officials.<ref name="CPS08072013>[http://blog.cps.gov.uk/2013/07/operation-elveden-prison-officer-four-journalists-and-one-other-to-be-charged.html Operation Elveden: Prison officer, three journalists and member of the public to be charged], Crown Prosecution Service, 8 July 2013.</ref>
+::It is alleged that between January 2006 and December 2010 Chris Pharo, who was News Editor and later Head of News at The Sun newspaper at the material time, gave authorisation for payments to public officials employed at Broadmoor secure hospital and at the [[Thames Valley Police|Thames Valley]], [[Surrey Police|Surrey]] and [[Metropolitan Police|Metropolitan]] police forces, as well as officers in the British Army and prison officials.<ref name="CPS08072013>[http://blog.cps.gov.uk/2013/07/operation-elveden-prison-officer-four-journalists-and-one-other-to-be-charged.html Operation Elveden: Prison officer, three journalists and member of the public to be charged], Crown Prosecution Service, 8 July 2013.</ref>
 In relation to a third file, on allegations of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office against one journalist and three public officials, it was determined that there was insufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction and that no further action should be taken.<ref name="CPS08072013>[http://blog.cps.gov.uk/2013/07/operation-elveden-prison-officer-four-journalists-and-one-other-to-be-charged.html Operation Elveden: Prison officer, three journalists and member of the public to be charged], Crown Prosecution Service, 8 July 2013.</ref>

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	Other journalists arrested in the operation came from the ''Daily Mirror'', the ''Sunday Mirror'' and the ''Daily Star Sunday''.<ref>Tom Watson & Martin Hickman, ''Dial M for Murdoch, News Corporation and the Corruption of Britain'', Penguin Books, 2012, p.264.</ref>		Other journalists arrested in the operation came from the ''Daily Mirror'', the ''Sunday Mirror'' and the ''Daily Star Sunday''.<ref>Tom Watson & Martin Hickman, ''Dial M for Murdoch, News Corporation and the Corruption of Britain'', Penguin Books, 2012, p.264.</ref>
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		+	==June 2013 charges==
		+	On 8 July 2013, [[Gregor McGill]], a senior lawyer with the [[Crown Prosecution Service]] announced prosecutions relating to three files evidence of from Operation Elveden.<ref name="CPS08072013>[http://blog.cps.gov.uk/2013/07/operation-elveden-prison-officer-four-journalists-and-one-other-to-be-charged.html Operation Elveden: Prison officer, three journalists and member of the public to be charged], Crown Prosecution Service, 8 July 2013.</ref>
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		+	It was announced that [[Scott Chapman]], a former prison officer at [[HMP Woodhill]] and his ex-partner [[Lynn Gaffney]] should be charged with four counts of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office. [[Lucy Panton]], former Crime Editor at the ''[[News of the World]]'', and [[Thomas Savage]], Deputy News Editor at the ''[[Daily Star on Sunday]]'', should be charged with one count each of conspiring to commit misconduct in public office. The CPS also determined that no further action will be taken in relation to one journalist from the Mirror Group as there was insufficient evidence.<ref name="CPS08072013>[http://blog.cps.gov.uk/2013/07/operation-elveden-prison-officer-four-journalists-and-one-other-to-be-charged.html Operation Elveden: Prison officer, three journalists and member of the public to be charged], Crown Prosecution Service, 8 July 2013.</ref>
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		+	It was also announced that [[Chris Pharo]] would be charged with one count of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office:
		+	::It is alleged that between January 2006 and December 2010 Chris Pharo, who was News Editor and later Head of News at The Sun newspaper at the material time, gave authorisation for payments to public officials employed at Broadmoor secure hospital and at the [[Thames Valley Police\|Thames Valley]], Surrey and [[Metropolitan Police\|Metropolitan]] police forces, as well as officers in the British Army and prison officials.<ref name="CPS08072013>[http://blog.cps.gov.uk/2013/07/operation-elveden-prison-officer-four-journalists-and-one-other-to-be-charged.html Operation Elveden: Prison officer, three journalists and member of the public to be charged], Crown Prosecution Service, 8 July 2013.</ref>
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		+	In relation to a third file, on allegations of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office against one journalist and three public officials, it was determined that there was insufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction and that no further action should be taken.<ref name="CPS08072013>[http://blog.cps.gov.uk/2013/07/operation-elveden-prison-officer-four-journalists-and-one-other-to-be-charged.html Operation Elveden: Prison officer, three journalists and member of the public to be charged], Crown Prosecution Service, 8 July 2013.</ref>

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	[[Operation Elveden]] is a [[Metropolitan Police]] operation begun in the summer of 2011 under Deputy Assistant Commissioner [[Sue Akers]] to investigate police corruption after evidence of bribery was handed over by the ''[[News of the World]]''.<ref>Tom Watson & Martin Hickman, ''Dial M for Murdoch, News Corporation and the Corruption of Britain'', Penguin Books, 2012, p.168.</ref>		[[Operation Elveden]] is a [[Metropolitan Police]] operation begun in the summer of 2011 under Deputy Assistant Commissioner [[Sue Akers]] to investigate police corruption after evidence of bribery was handed over by the ''[[News of the World]]''.<ref>Tom Watson & Martin Hickman, ''Dial M for Murdoch, News Corporation and the Corruption of Britain'', Penguin Books, 2012, p.168.</ref>
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		+	On 19 April 2012, the police arrested the ''Sun''s royal editor [[Duncan Larcombe]], and a member of the armed forces. In the following months they arrested two more ''Sun'' journalists including [[Neil Millard]]].<ref>Tom Watson & Martin Hickman, ''Dial M for Murdoch, News Corporation and the Corruption of Britain'', Penguin Books, 2012, p.263.</ref>
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		+	Other journalists arrested in the operation came from the ''Daily Mirror'', the ''Sunday Mirror'' and the ''Daily Star Sunday''.<ref>Tom Watson & Martin Hickman, ''Dial M for Murdoch, News Corporation and the Corruption of Britain'', Penguin Books, 2012, p.263.</ref>

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