Sue Akers

Sue Akers, Scotland Yard's Phone Hacking Inquiry Chief, To Retire

PA | Posted 19.07.2012 | UK

The senior policewoman leading Scotland's Yard investigation into illegal newsgathering is to retire after the Olympics, the Met has confirmed. Dep...

Rebekah Brooks' Lawyer: Leveson Evidence Could 'Prejudice Trial'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 09.03.2012 | UK

Allowing a senior policewoman to publicly give evidence about corruption allegations at News International was a "spectacular failure", Rebekah Brooks...

Police Evidence To Leveson Inquiry Probed After Complaint

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 07.03.2012 | UK

Attorney General Dominic Grieve is looking into concerns that policewoman Sue Akers, who is leading the investigation into illegal newsgathering, coul...

£80k Payment To Public Official By The Sun

The Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 27.02.2012 | UK

The Sun newspaper had a "culture" of illegal payments to officials in all areas of public life, the officer at the head of the corruption investigatio...

Daily Mail Editor: Using Private Detectives 'Used To Be Commonplace'

PA | Posted 06.02.2012 | UK

The editor of the Daily Mail was aware the newspaper was using search agencies, but not the extent to which they were doing so, he told the inquiry in...

More Than 800 'Likely' Victims Of Phone Hacking Identified

Huffington Post UK / PA | Posted 06.02.2012 | UK

Police have identified 829 "likely" victims of phone hacking and up to 6,000 more who might also have been targeted, the Leveson inquiry into media et...

Scotland Yard Boosts Phone Hacking Workforce By 33 Per Cent

Press Association | Press Association | Posted 19.09.2011 | UK

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Scotland Yard has beefed up its team tackling phone hacking as its workload continues to grow. Officers working on the inquiry...

A Hell Of A Lot More Laywers Just Got Involved In The Phone Hacking Scandal

The Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 19.09.2011 | UK

News International have released lawyers Harbottle & Lewis from their confidentiality clause - allowing the firm to speak out on phone hacking. The...