openDemocracy is been bringing daily coverage of the trial of Sun journalists charged with aiding and abetting misconduct in public office by paying a police officer for information. Here's Monday's report.
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Sun reporter Jamie Pyatt knew a police officer was breaking the rules of his employment by covertly supplying information on investigations to the tabloid, he told his trial today.
Entering the witness box at the Old Bailey for the third day, Mr Pyatt said he believed Officer 2044's motivation for helping the newspaper was "primarily money.”
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