Met Police chief Sir Paul Stephenson quits on hacking

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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3700431/Met-Police-chief-Sir-Paul-Stephenson-resigns-over-friendship-with-ex-NoW-deputy-ed-Neil-Wallis.html

By Mike Sullivan
The Sun
18 July 2011

MET Police chief Sir Paul Stephenson quit last night over his friendship 
with ex-News of the World deputy editor Neil Wallis.

His resignation came hours after ex-News International chief Rebekah 
Brooks was arrested over allegations of corruption and phone hacking.

Sir Paul, 57, stood down three days after Mr Wallis was arrested over 
Scotland Yard's phone-hacking inquiry.

It then emerged the Met had secretly employed Mr Wallis, 60, as a PR 
consultant after he left the Sunday paper in 2009.

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