article_snippet.sent: The collapse of yesterday's Old Old Bailey trial will raise question marks about the judgment of the Labour darling who took a central role in the disastrous and misguided prosecutions of journalists.
article_snippet.sent: Despite the best efforts of prosecutors and millions of pounds of public money, juries have almost universally refused to convict, and after four more reporters were cleared yesterday and all but a handful of cases withdrawn, Operation Elveden was left in ruins.
highlights_snippet.sent: Trial of journalists paying public officials collapsed at Old Bailey on Friday .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Operation Elveden, which has now cost taxpayer £20million, left in ruins .