Neil Wallis arrested over phone hacking
Sources have said that former News of the World deputy and executive editor Neil Wallis is the 60 year old who has been arrested today in connection with phone hacking.
Wallis became deputy editor of the News of the World in 2003 under Andy Coulson's editorship before becoming executive editor in 2007.
He is the ninth person arrested since the phone hacking investigation by the Metropolitan police started in January. Andy Coulson was arrested on Friday, but has been released on bail until October.
Scotland Yard has said in a statement: “At 6.30am this morning officers from the Metropolitan Police Service Operation Weeting team arrested a 60-year-old man at a residential address in London on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications, contrary to section 1(1) Criminal Law Act 1977.
“The man is currently in custody at a west London police station.
“It would be inappropriate to discuss any further details at this time.”