article_snippet.sent: The landmark U-turn came yesterday after a jury threw out the case against three Sun journalists and one former Daily Mirror reporter.
article_snippet.sent: Lucy Panton, former News of the World crime reporter, had her conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal after being the first to be found guilty .
article_snippet.sent: The decision followed a review sparked by the Court of Appeal Appeal quashing the conviction of the first journalist to be convicted.
article_snippet.sent: The decision can now be revealed for the first time that ex-News of the World crime editor Lucy Panton was found guilty of bribing officials only for Lucy Panton conviction to be overturned.
article_snippet.sent: A decision must be made within a week over whether Tom Wells should be retried on one charge on which the jury could not reach a verdict.
article_snippet.sent: The Sun newspaper reporter Tom Wells (left) leaves the Court of Appeal with colleague Neil Millard (right)
highlights_snippet.sent: Urgent review of cases prompted after Lucy Panton's conviction quashed .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Former News of the World reporter was first to be found guilty in case .
  