perverting the course of justice contrary to common law." Media sources have identified him as the private investigator Glenn Mulcaire. Six more arrests were made on 13 March 2012. News reports have stated that the arrested include the former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks. Tom Crone, who had been Legal Affairs manager for News International, was arrested on 30 August 2012. He was arrested on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications and was taken to a local police station for questioning. Independent review On 15 September 2011, the newly appointed Commissioner of the Metropolitan police, Bernard Hogan-Howe, announced that he had requested that Durham police carry out an independent review of the evidence collected by Operation Weeting. Hogan-Howe said that he had asked the team, led by Durham chief constable Jon Stoddart, "to have a look at the inquiry to reassure us we are going in the right direction and I think we are." Charges On 23 July 2012, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced that charges would be brought against eight people in relation to phone hacking. According to press reports, the list of the eight individuals to be charged was as follows: Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, Stuart Kuttner, Glenn Mulcaire, Greg Miskiw, Ian Edmondson, Neville Thurlbeck and James Weatherup. 2013 arrests A new round of arrests was made in early 2013, with the arrest of six former News of the World journalists on 13 February, bringing the total number of people arrested as part of Operation Weeting to 32. On 14 March 2013, officers from Operation Weeting made a series of arrests. BBC News reported that those arrested were journalists that were or had been associated with Mirror Group Newspapers. The Guardian reported that those arrested were, or had been, associated with the Sunday Mirror, Sunday People, and The People newspapers. Closure In November 2015 the CPS announced the closure of Operation Weeting and Operation Golding an associated investigation focussing on possible phone hacking by journalists at the Mirror group.The Director of Public Prosecutions, Alison Saunders stated that there was "insufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of a conviction", whether for corporate liability at News Group Newspapers or for the ten journalists working for the Mirror Group. See also Metropolitan police role in phone hacking scandal News media phone hacking scandal Operation Elveden Operation Kalmyk Operation Motorman (ICO investigation) Operation Rubicon Operation Tuleta Phone hacking