Broadmoor ex-worker charged with misconduct over payments

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Scotland Yard has a long-running corruption inquiry

A former healthcare assistant at Broadmoor high-security hospital has been charged with selling information to journalists.

Robert Neave, 59, was charged with conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office by police investigating alleged payments to public officials.

The alleged offences happened between March 2002 and January 2011.

Mr Neave, of Knowsley, Merseyside, will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 18 July, Scotland Yard said.

It is alleged that Mr Neave conspired with Sun journalists Jamie Pyatt and John Edwards, as well as other Broadmoor staff, employees at Thames Valley and Surrey Police forces, and Army officials, to commit misconduct in a public office.

Mr Pyatt, 49, and Mr Edwards, 49, a pictures editor were both charged last week with the same charge and will also appear at the same court on the same date.

The three charges were made as part of Operation Elveden, the Met Police investigation into alleged corrupt payments to public officials.