Phone hacking: NoW’s Greg Miskiw released on bail

Former News of the World executive arrested by appointment on Wednesday over phone hacking allegations Greg Miskiw, the former News of the World newsdesk executive arrested on Wednesday , has been released on bail. Miskiw, 61, was arrested by appointment at a central London police station as part of the Scotland Yard investigation into phone hacking at the News International tabloid. The former assistant editor (news) was on Thursday released on bail until October. A Scotland Yard spokesman said: “At approximately midday on Wednesday August 10, a 61-year-old man was arrested by appointment at a London police station by officers from Operation Weeting. “He was arrested on suspicion of unlawful interception of communications, contrary to Section1(1) Criminal Law Act 1977 and on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications, contrary to Section1(1) Criminal Law Act 1977. “He has subsequently been released on bail to a date in October pending further inquiries.” Miskiw, who worked under the former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks and her successor Andy Coulson, became the 12th person to be arrested by Operation Weeting officers. Miskiw held a senior editorial role at the now-defunct Sunday tabloid until 2005, when he joined a news agency in Manchester before moving to Florida. He told reporters last month that he was returning to the UK to meet police officers. His arrest came just a week after that of Stuart Kuttner , the long-serving News of the World managing editor who was also later released on bail. Rupert Murdoch on Wednesday vowed to do ” whatever is necessary ” to prevent a repeat of the phone-hacking scandal that has engulfed his UK publishing empire when News International’s parent company News Corporation unveiled its annual results in New York. Phone hacking Newspapers & magazines National newspapers Newspapers News International Rupert Murdoch News Corporation Media business Josh Halliday guardian.co.uk

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