Sun journalist arrested in phone hacking probe

THE phone hacking scandal engulfing Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp threatened to spread to other titles yesterday, as sources said a journalist at the Sun had been arrested over allegations of police bribery.

Police investigating events at the News of the World said they had arrested a 48-year-old in connection with payments made to police.

A spokesman for News Corp’s British newspaper arm, News International, said an employee had been arrested. Two company sources identified the man as Sun reporter Jamie Pyatt.