Prosecutors end Murdoch’s News Corp phone hacking probe
Insufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of a conviction have led prosecutors to end Britain’s four-year investigations into the scandal
Prosecutors announced on Friday they would take no further action in Britain's mammoth phone-hacking probe, ending a four-year investigation that rocked the political and media establishment to the core.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it would take no further action against News Group Newspapers (NGN), global media baron Rupert Murdoch's British tabloid publisher.
England's state prosecutors also said there would be no further action against 10 journalists from the rival Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) stable – among them former Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan.
The phone hacking scandal, which first emerged in 2006 and resurfaced explosively in 2011, engulfed top newspaper executives, police chiefs and politicians.
There is no evidence to suggest that any member of the board of NGN had knowledge of phone hacking when it was taking place
It swiftly sank the expose-led News of the World weekly tabloid, which was Britain's biggest-selling newspaper.