Guardian reporting:
Rebekah Brooks is among six people arrested by Scotland Yard
detectives on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice,
as part of the investigation into phone hacking.
The former News International chief executive was arrested at her home in Oxfordshire by detectives from Operation Weeting. Sources also said that her husband, racehorse trainer Charlie Brooks, was arrested.
The
Metropolitan police refused to confirm the names of those arrested, but
said that a 43-year-old woman and a 49-year-old man had been held. News
International and the lawyer for Brooks declined to comment on the
reports.
This morning's arrests took place between 5am and 7am at addresses in London, Oxfordshire, Hampshire and Hertfordshire.
The
Met police said a 39-year-old man was arrested in Hampshire, a
46-year-old man was arrested in west London, and a 48-year-old man was
arrested at a business address in east London. All six are currently
being interviewed at police stations.
Another of the men
arrested is Mark Hanna, the director of group security at News
International. A second of those arrested was described by News
International sources as being a "non-editorial employee"; their name
was not released by the company.
Scotland Yard said in a
statement: "A number of addresses connected to the arrests are being
searched. Today's operation follows consultation with the Crown
Prosecution Service."
Police said the arrests did not
result from information passed to them by News Corporation's management
and standards committee (MSC).
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