Stephen Parkinson said that Miss Akers’ comments could threaten the right of journalists who have been arrested in the ongoing investigation to receive a fair trial. Last week Mrs Akers told the inquiry that there was a “culture of illegal payments” at The Sun newspaper. She said that the newspaper paid a “network of corrupt officials” for stories. The payments, Miss Akers said, were sanctioned by senior executives at the newspaper. This week it was revealed that the Attorney General is considering whether those remarks could amount to a contempt of court. Miss Brooks is one of 17 current and former News International journalists arrested in Operation Elveden, the Scotland Yard investigation into allegations of corrupt payments from journalists to police officers.
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