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Panton was arrested at her home in [[Surrey]], where she lives with her [[Scotland Yard]]-based Metropolitan Police Detective husband.<ref name=Telg8957892/> The couple have two young children. She was later released on police bail.<ref name=GuardArrest/>
Panton was arrested at her home in [[Surrey]], where she lives with her [[Scotland Yard]]-based Metropolitan Police Detective husband.<ref name=Telg8957892/> The couple have two young children. She was later released on police bail.<ref name=GuardArrest/>


During his evidence to the [[Leveson Inquiry]] in March 2012, former-Metropolitan Police anti-terror head John Yates admitted that he drunk [[champagne]] with Panton and other executives from the [[tabloid journalism|tabloid]] newspaper.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2108643/They-dont-kill-Ex-deputy-assistant-commissioner-admits-didnt-consider-important-investigate-phone-hackers.html|title='Time to call in those bottles of champagne': What News of the World executive told reporter trying to get story from top detective|publisher=[[Daily Mail]]|date=2 March 2012|accessdate=2012-03-02}}</ref> Yates denied that he gave Panton any favours in return for such hospitality, or that the relationship between the two was that close.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-24040022-call-in-champagne-reporter-told.do|title=Call in champagne, reporter told|publisher=[[Evening Standard]]|date=2 March 2012|accessdate=2012-03-02}}</ref>
During his evidence to the [[Leveson Inquiry]] in March 2012, former-Metropolitan Police anti-terror head John Yates admitted that he drunk [[Champagne (wine)|champagne]] with Panton and other executives from the [[tabloid journalism|tabloid]] newspaper.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2108643/They-dont-kill-Ex-deputy-assistant-commissioner-admits-didnt-consider-important-investigate-phone-hackers.html|title='Time to call in those bottles of champagne': What News of the World executive told reporter trying to get story from top detective|publisher=[[Daily Mail]]|date=2 March 2012|accessdate=2012-03-02}}</ref> Yates denied that he gave Panton any favours in return for such hospitality, or that the relationship between the two was that close.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-24040022-call-in-champagne-reporter-told.do|title=Call in champagne, reporter told|publisher=[[Evening Standard]]|date=2 March 2012|accessdate=2012-03-02}}</ref>


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==References==

Revision as of 03:46, 10 March 2012

Lucy Panton is a British journalist, a former News of the World crime editor, and the 7th person arrested under Operation Elveden on 15 December 2011.[1]

Panton joined the News of the World in September 2002 from the Sunday People, taking up the position of crime correspondent. She was promoted to crime editor in October 2005.[2][3]

On 30 October 2010, Panton was asked by News of the World news editor James Mellor to find out more from Metropolitan Police anti-terror head John Yates about the printer cartridge bomb found on a cargo plane at East Midlands Airport the previous day. Mellor wrote in an email to Panton:[4]

John Yates could be crucial here. Have you spoken to him? Really need an excl (exclusive) splash (front page) line so time to call in all those bottles of champagne...

Panton replied: "Noted. Not got hold of him yet still trying." Panton was on maternity leave at the time of the closure of the newspaper in July 2011.[2][3]

Panton was arrested at her home in Surrey, where she lives with her Scotland Yard-based Metropolitan Police Detective husband.[1] The couple have two young children. She was later released on police bail.[2]

During his evidence to the Leveson Inquiry in March 2012, former-Metropolitan Police anti-terror head John Yates admitted that he drunk champagne with Panton and other executives from the tabloid newspaper.[5] Yates denied that he gave Panton any favours in return for such hospitality, or that the relationship between the two was that close.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Donna Bowater (15 December 2011). "Phone hacking: Former News of the World crime editor Lucy Panton arrested". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
  2. ^ a b c Josh Halliday (15 December 2011). "Former NoW journalist arrested over alleged payments to police". The Guardian. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
  3. ^ a b "Former NOTW crime editor Lucy Panton arrested". The Independent. 15 December 2011. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
  4. ^ "Call in champagne, reporter told". Press Association. 2 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
  5. ^ "'Time to call in those bottles of champagne': What News of the World executive told reporter trying to get story from top detective". Daily Mail. 2 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
  6. ^ "Call in champagne, reporter told". Evening Standard. 2 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
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