British police arrest man over allegations of phone hacking at News of the World tabloid

LONDON — Police investigating phone hacking and police bribery at defunct British tabloid News of the World on Tuesday arrested a man, believed to be a former executive at the newspaper.

The Metropolitan Police said a 71-year-old man had been arrested by appointment Tuesday morning at a London police station. They did not name him, in keeping with British police practice of not identifying suspects who have not been charged,

Sky News, which is 39 percent owned by the newspaper's parent company, News Corp., identified him as former News of the World managing editor Stuart Kuttner.

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Zachary A. Goldfarb 02 Aug, 2011

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