Reporter is cleared over Huntley jail pictures

Charges against a journalist accused of smuggling a camera into a prison where Soham killer Ian Huntley was being held were dismissed today.

News of the World reporter David McGee used bogus references and a false address when applying for a job at Woodhill Prison in Milton Keynes. He was put on duty guarding Huntley who was on remand awaiting trial.

McGee faced two charges in relation to pictures from a digital camera which he concealed inside a personal organiser. But the charges were thrown out today at Milton Keynes magistrates' court.

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