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Detective charged over links with News of the World
Source: BBC
A senior Metropolitan Police detective has been charged with offering information to the News of the World (NoW) newspaper.
The Crown Prosecution Service said Det Ch Insp April Casburn had been charged with misconduct in a public office and will appear in court next month.
She is the first person charged in connection with Operation Elveden, which is investigating alleged links between the police and press.
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Det Ch Insp Casburn is accused of offering to give the paper information in September 2010 and is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 1 October for an initial hearing.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-19699297
She was the former head of the National Terrorist Financial Investigation Unit.
