British prosecutors on Monday charged a senior
detective with misconduct for allegedly leaking information to the now-defunct
News of the World tabloid.
Chief Inspector April Casburn was accused of giving
information to the Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid in September 2010, the Crown
Prosecution Service said.
Casburn was charged under Operation Elveden, a British
police investigation into inappropriate payments to police and public
officials. She is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Oct. 1.
The corruption probe is running alongside investigations
into phone and computer hacking sparked by revelations that reporters at
Murdoch's News of the World tabloid routinely intercepted voicemails of those
in the public eye.
Dozens have been arrested in the probes of media wrongdoing
and corruption in Britain. Criminal charges have been brought against Rebekah
Brooks, the former chief of Murdoch's British operations, and Andy Coulson, a
former editor and the ex-communications chief for Prime Minister David Cameron.
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