Ian Edmondson Sacked For Role Material Evidence Found Supporting Role In Phone Hacking, Edmondson editor at news of the world 7 years---Ian Edmondson sacked for role material evidence found supporting role in phone hacking. British police say they have arrested two men in a probe of alleged phone hacking by a major U.K. newspaper.

Evans was suspended in April, after Miss Hoppen’s legal action began. A senior executive at News International has claimed that Evans’s defence is that he phoned Miss Hoppen’s number for legitimate reasons and accidentally accessed her voicemail when the keys on his phone got stuck.


A full hearing into Miss Hoppen’s case is scheduled for February 17. The News of the World said yesterday there was no evidence to support the claim phone hacking was taking place as late as last year.

Media experts have been fascinated by how events have unfolded behind the scenes with the sacking of News of the World executive Ian Edmondson after News International appeared to have managed to keep a lid on the scandal. Here's how the extraordinary developments have unravelled in the past few weeks:

DECEMBER 2010: NoW head of news Ian Edmondson is suspended over suggestions he was linked to the hacking of Sienna Miller's voicemails
THURSDAY JANUARY 6 2011: Edmondson's suspension emerges but Scotland Yard still says it will not re-open its inquiry

FRIDAY JANUARY14: Met Police asks the DPP to re-examine police files on phone hacking

FRIDAY JANUARY 21: Coulson quits as Downing Street's communications chief, saying ongoing scandal makes his job impossible

MONDAY JANUARY 24: Rupert Murdoch arrives in London to take charge of the fallout at hisnewspaper

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 26: Scotland Yard announce new inquiry. News International reveals News of the World Assistant Editor (News) Ian Edmondson has been sacked

THURSDAY JANUARY 27: Documents seen by the BBC suggest phone hacking could have been going on as recently as last year. The BBC also claims News International uncovered four e-mails that show Mr Edmondson knew about the hacking, which they have passed onto the Met. NoW chiefs dismiss the new claims.

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