Four Sun Journalists Accused of Making Corrupt Payments Face Retrial

By: Lisa O'Carroll | The Guardian

Four Sun journalists accused of making corrupt payments to public officials face a retrial after a jury failed to reach verdicts on any of the defendants.

After nine days of deliberations the jury at Kingston crown court was unable to reach verdicts on charges against Chris Pharo, 45, the paper’s head of news, Ben O’Driscoll, 39, the former deputy news editor, Jamie Pyatt, 45, the Thames Valley district reporter, and Graham Dudman, 51, the paper’s former managing editor.