Rebekah Brooks arrested in News of the World investigation by London police

Posted on Sunday, July 17, 2011 at 01:16 PM

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In a sensational development Rebekah Brooks the former News of the World editor has been arrested by British police on Sunday.

In a statement the London police said. "The MPS [Metropolitan police service] has this afternoon, Sunday 17 July, arrested a female in connection with allegations of corruption and phone hacking.

"At approximately 12.00 a 43-year-old woman was arrested by appointment at a London police station by officers from Operation Weeting [phone hacking investigation] together with officers from Operation Elveden [bribing of police officers investigation]. She is currently in custody.

"She was arrested on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications, contrary to Section1(1) Criminal Law Act 1977 and on suspicion of corruption allegations contrary to Section 1 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906.

"The Operation Weeting team is conducting the new investigation into phone hacking.

"Operation Elveden is the investigation into allegations of inappropriate payments to police. This investigation is being supervised by the Independent Police Complaints Commission.

"It would be inappropriate to discuss any further details regarding these cases at this time."

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imuverin | Jul 18, 2011, 11:00 AM EDT

so did she spend a night in jail ??

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hollabackgurl | Jul 18, 2011, 09:10 AM EDT

So Murdoch owns an international crime syndicate, not a media empire. I can't see how Cameron's government can survive this - it's the biggest news story in years.

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