The Sun reporter jailed for bribery

May 29, 2015 04:38 pm | Updated May 23, 2016 04:46 pm IST - LONDON

A British tabloid reporter has been handed a suspended 18-month prison sentence over a police bribery case.

Anthony France, a crime reporter for the The Sun , was accused of cultivating a “corrupt relationship” with Heathrow Airport counter-terrorism officer Timothy Edwards over four years. Edwards had earlier admitted selling dozens of stories and news tips to the journalist for more than 20,000 pounds.

France was convicted last week of aiding and abetting Edwards to commit misconduct in a public office.

Judge Timothy Pontius on Friday handed down the prison sentence, suspended for two years. He said France was “essentially a decent man of solid integrity.”

France’s trial followed a police investigation into alleged media bribery. The operation was triggered by Britain’s phone-hacking media scandal.

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