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The Sun trials: Wednesday 7th October (part 2): "officer 2044 was corrupt"

openDemocracy has 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 part 2 of Wednesday's report.

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Flickr/ TheEssexTech. Some rights reserved.Jurors at the Sun corruption trial should avoid "distractions" and focus on the key issue ­– the misconduct of Surrey police officer 2044, the Crown urged today.

Making his closing speech, Julian Christopher QC, said the trial was not an investigation into other people who had or who had not been prosecuted over cash payments to public officials.

He added: “This is a not a case about stories in the newspaper; it's about misconduct of a police officer.”