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'''Lucy Panton''' is a [[British people|British]] journalist, the ex-''[[News of the World]]'' crime editor, and the 11th person arrested under [[Operation Elveden]] on 15 December 2011.<ref name=Telg8957892>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/phone-hacking/8957892/Phone-hacking-Former-News-of-the-World-crime-editor-Lucy-Panton-arrested.html|title=Phone hacking: Former News of the World crime editor Lucy Panton arrested|author=Donna Bowater|publisher=[[The Telegraph]]|date=15 December 2011|accessdate=2012-02-02}}</ref>
'''Lucy Panton''' is a [[British people|British]] journalist, the ex-''[[News of the World]]'' crime editor, and the 11th person arrested under [[Operation Elveden]] on 15 December 2011.<ref name=Telg8957892>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/phone-hacking/8957892/Phone-hacking-Former-News-of-the-World-crime-editor-Lucy-Panton-arrested.html|title=Phone hacking: Former News of the World crime editor Lucy Panton arrested|author=Donna Bowater|publisher=[[The Telegraph]]|date=15 December 2011|accessdate=2012-02-02}}</ref>


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. Panton was on maternity leave at the time of the closure of the newspaper in July 2011.<ref name=GuardArrest>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/dec/15/former-now-journalist-arrested|title=Former NoW journalist arrested over alleged payments to police|author=Josh Halliday|publisher=[[The Guardian]]|date=15 December 2011|accessdate=2012-02-02}}</ref>
Panton was arrested at her home in [[Surrey]], where she lives with her [[Metropolitan Police]] Detective husband.<ref name=Telg8957892/>

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


During his evidence to the [[Leveson Inquiry]], former-Metropolitan Police anti-terror head [[John Yates]] admitted he drunk [[champagne]] with Panton and other executives from the tabloid.<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=2012-02-02}}</ref>
During his evidence to the [[Leveson Inquiry]], former-Metropolitan Police anti-terror head [[John Yates]] admitted he drunk [[champagne]] with Panton and other executives from the tabloid.<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=2012-02-02}}</ref>

Revision as of 15:23, 2 March 2012

Lucy Panton is a British journalist, the ex-News of the World crime editor, and the 11th 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. Panton was on maternity leave at the time of the closure of the newspaper in July 2011.[2]

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

During his evidence to the Leveson Inquiry, former-Metropolitan Police anti-terror head John Yates admitted he drunk champagne with Panton and other executives from the tabloid.[3]


| Lucy Panton || Ex-NotW Crime Editor || December 15 || 'A date in April'[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Donna Bowater (15 December 2011). "Phone hacking: Former News of the World crime editor Lucy Panton arrested". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
  2. ^ a b Josh Halliday (15 December 2011). "Former NoW journalist arrested over alleged payments to police". The Guardian. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
  3. ^ "'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 2012-02-02.
  4. ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/feedarticle/9997247

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