Top Cop Yates Quits Over Phone Hacking

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Source: Sky News

One of the Metropolitan Police's most senior officers John Yates has resigned over the phone-hacking scandal that has already claimed his boss' scalp.

The assistant commissioner has come under increasing pressure over his failure to fully look at fresh claims about the News Of The World (NOTW) illegally accessing voicemails.

Mr Yates has been recalled by a Commons committee investigating phone hacking so MPs can "clarify" the evidence he gave them last week.

Mr Yates had expressed regret at his decision in 2009 not to reopen the 2006 phone-hacking investigation when he appeared before the Home Affairs select committee last Tuesday.


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