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Former Daily Mirror Reporter Arrested

-The Wall Street Journal
LONDON: British police arrested a former reporter for the British paper the Daily Mirror on suspicion of bribery Wednesday, apparently extending a long-running criminal bribery probe beyond News Corp.'s Sun and News of the World tabloids.The Metropolitan Police said Wednesday they had arrested a 37-year-old man on suspicion of corruption, conspiracy to commit bribery and conspiracy to cause misconduct in a public office.
Police didn't name the man, but a person familiar with the matter identified him as Greig Box Turnbull. Mr. Box Turnbull worked at the Daily Mirror until this spring and later took a communications job at Westminster City Council. He couldn't be reached for comment.Police also announced the arrest of a 46-year-old prison officer and a 50-year-old woman in connection with the same bribery probe. All three suspects were detained Wednesday. They haven't been charged.


The arrests are part of a criminal probe that the Metropolitan Police opened more than a year ago to investigate allegations that British journalists were bribing public officials for information. So far, 37 people have been arrested in the bribery probe, including reporters, editors and public officials. The probe has focused primarily on News Corp.'s daily tabloid the Sun, but has also targeted the News of the World. No one has been charged.


A police spokesman declined to identify the employers of the journalists arrested in the bribery probe, but Mr. Box Turnbull appears to be the first non-News Corp. journalist or former journalist to be arrested in the corruption investigation, apart from the public officials. A spokesman for Trinity Mirror PLC, owner of the Daily Mirror, confirmed that Mr. Box Turnbull worked at the company until March, when he took a voluntary buyout. The spokesman said Wednesday that Trinity Mirror hadn't received confirmation of Mr. Box Turnbull's arrest.


A spokeswoman for News International, News Corp.'s U.K. newspaper unit, confirmed that the man arrested Wednesday wasn't a current or former News Corp. employee. News Corp. owns The Wall Street Journal.Though Mr. Box Turnbull is technically employed by Westminster City Council, a local London authority, he has been working on loan at Richmond Council, another London municipal borough."We are obviously aware of the police action but have yet to speak to the employee involved," a spokesman for Westminster City Council said in a statement. "In light of that, and the possibility of further legal action, it would clearly be inappropriate to comment further."


Separately, the U.K. Supreme Court ruled that Glenn Mulcaire, the News of the World private investigator at the center of the defunct tabloid's phone-hacking scandal, must tell a civil claimant which editor instructed him to intercept mobile voice mails. Mr. Mulcaire had appealed to keep the information private, arguing he had a right to avoid self-incrimination, but the court ruled against his appeal. It is unclear when or if the editor's identity will become public.

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