英伦广角 2012-11-24 前新闻国际CEO和前英政府高官将面临行贿指控
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Rebekah Brooks 1 and Andy Coulson already, of course, face charges over phone hacking 2, but now they have been charged under a paralleling investigation 3, which was into corrupt 4 payments by journalists to public officials for information that led to stories in the Sun and the News of the World.
Rebekah Brooks who was a chief executive of News International, she’s charged from a time when she was an editor of the Sun along with the papers chief reporter John Kay. And their charges with pay to a MoD official 100,000 pounds for information that led to series of stories in the Sun newspaper. And also charged with them on that matter is a woman called Bettina Jordan-Barber, who was the MoD official or an employee, describe / as a strategic official, she comes from /, so all three of them are charged with, formally, the charges conspiracy 5 to commit misconduct in a public office. But the old allegation that Rebehak Brooks and John Kay between them paid this woman 100,000 pounds in return for information. And there was another suspect against two allegations are being considered over that matter.
And separately, Andy Coulson from a time when he was deputy editor and then editor of News of the World, he’s charged with the News of the World former royal correspondent, a similar charge over payments to public officials, who are named, then, nobody else is charged with them. But this involves the payment, the alleged 6 payment for information around the royal family, and it includes alleged payment for a phone directory, that was known as the “Green Book” that included contact numbers, phone numbers for members of the royal family and members of the royal household.
And following this announcement from the prosecutors 7, we expect to see the five individuals in court some time in the next few weeks.
n.小溪( brook的名词复数 )
- Brooks gave the business when Haas caught him with his watch. 哈斯抓到偷他的手表的布鲁克斯时，狠狠地揍了他一顿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Ade and Brooks exchanged blows yesterday and they were severely punished today. 艾德和布鲁克斯昨天打起来了，今天他们受到严厉的惩罚。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动
- The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。
- We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。
n.调查，调查研究
- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
v.贿赂，收买；adj.腐败的，贪污的
- The newspaper alleged the mayor's corrupt practices.那家报纸断言市长有舞弊行为。
- This judge is corrupt.这个法官贪污。
n.阴谋，密谋，共谋
- The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
- He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。
a.被指控的，嫌疑的
- It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
- alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人
- In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
- You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。