14 DAY TRIAL // Dan Evans, a former journalist of the now-defunct News of the World, has been charged by UK authorities for his involvement in the controversial phone hacking case.
According to The Guardian, Evans is charged with two counts of conspiring to intercept voicemail messages to well-known people, making a false witness statement, and conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office.
The last charge is related to the alleged payments made by journalists to police and public officials.
As far as phone hacking is concerned, the journalist is accused of conspiring to intercept communications between February 28, 2003, and January 1, 2005, and between April 30, 2004, and June 1, 2010.
Evans has been instructed to appear before the Westminster Magistrates' Court on September 4.
“All of these matters were considered carefully in accordance with the code for crown prosecutors and the DPP's guidelines on the public interest in cases affecting the media,” said Crown Prosecution Service Senior Lawyer Gregor McGill.
“These guidelines ask prosecutors to consider whether the public interest served by the conduct in question outweighs the overall criminality before bringing criminal proceedings.”