UK police won't probe allegations vs. tabloid
LONDON (AP) — British police say there will be no new investigation into allegations that journalists from a tabloid newspaper illegally hacked into the mobile phones of hundreds of celebrities and politicians.
Assistant Commissioner John Yates was asked by London's police chief to look into the claims against the News of the World paper. But Yates said Thursday he won't launch any new inquiry.
In 2007, the paper's royal editor, Clive Goodman, was jailed for four months for hacking into royal officials' voicemail.
The Guardian newspaper alleged Thursday that other journalists at the organization used private investigators to hack into private voicemail messages.
News International, the newspaper's owner, said that its journalists operated within the law.
