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The Sun trials - the verdict

This is the final piece in our 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 is the verdict.

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Two senior tabloid journalists were today acquitted of corrupting a detective who sold the Sun inside information on live police inquiries.

Jamie Pyatt, the Sun's Thames Valley reporter, and Chris Pharo, Assistant Editor (News), were found not guilty of aiding and abetting misconduct in public office after a four week trial at the Old Bailey.