Friday, October 17, 2014

Sun newspaper staffers involved in corruption: Prosecutors


Six executives and journalists at Rupert Murdoch’s Sun newspaper have corrupted public officials on a massive scale to boost profits and further their interests, a British court has heard.

The group of editors and reporters allegedly bribed police officers, members of the armed forces, prison officials and staff at Broadmoor Hospital to get confidential stories for almost a decade, a jury at the Kingston Crown Court in London heard.

The six accused bought information about members of the Royal Family, celebrities, notorious inmates, as well as the “famous, not so famous and the infamous,” the court heard .... http://www.presstv.ir