Ex-police chiefs cleared of phone-hacking misconduct

THE Scotland Yard chiefs who quit over the phone- hacking scandal have been cleared of misconduct.

Allegations against the former Metropolitan Police commissioner, Sir Paul Stephenson, and his ex-assistant, John Yates, were thrown out yesterday by the police watchdog.

Andy Hayman and Peter Clarke will escape further investigation despite the “damaging effect of the perceived inadequate response” to criminal activities at the News of the World, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said.