Phone hacking: News of the World editors and Met police meetings

From 2006, meetings took place between senior Met police officers and NoW editors despite the on-going phone-hacking investigation

2006 September: the then Deputy Commissioner Paul Stephenson – dinner with NoW deputy editor, and Dick Fedorcio, Metropolitan police director of public affairs

2007 November: Stephenson – dinner with deputy editor, and Fedorcio 

2008 February: Stephenson – dinner with deputy editor

October: Stephenson – meeting with deputy editor and Fedorcio; Stephenson – dinner with editor, and Fedorcio

2009 February: Stephenson (now commissioner) – dinner with deputy editor and Fedorcio

May: Stephenson – dinner with editor and Fedorcio

June: Deputy Commissioner Tim Godwin – participation in NoW Save our Streets Roadshow alongside Jack Straw MP; Stephenson – attended News Corporation reception; Stephenson – dinner with deputy editor and Fedorcio

November: assistant commissioner John Yates – dinner with editor and crime editor 

2010 

August: Assistant Commissioner Cressida Dick – at request of Stephenson met with deputy editor and chief lawyer of the NoW, together with two detective superintendents, where they were handed material alleging spot-fixing by Pakistan cricketers. This resulted in arrest and searches later that day

June: Stephenson – attended News Corp reception

Criteria

• Must be meetings whose purpose was for Met officers to meet specifically with NoW. 

• The Metropolitan Police Authority holds regular briefings and presentations with the Crime Reporters Association, which are events attended by representatives from all national media, including NoW journalists – these are not included in the information provided.

• Social events at which NoW journalists or executives may have been present are not included as they are not hosted by NoW.

• Timeframe is a five–year period, January 2006 to present

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