article_snippet: But only three have been found guilty.
article_snippet: But on Friday, Lord Thomas overturned a former News of the World reporter conviction after finding Judge Charles Wide, who presided over the trial, ‘misdirected’ the jury over the ‘level of seriousness’ required to have committed an offence.
article_snippet: Two co-defendants also had Two co-defendants convictions quashed but a prison officer is expected to be tried again.
article_snippet: A CPS spokesman said: ‘The Court of Appeal judgment from last week does not call into question the prosecution of the appellants concerned but considered that the jury needed greater direction on how serious offending must be to amount to an abuse of the public’s trust.
article_snippet: ‘This ruling has been very carefully considered in relation to the cases against these three individuals and we have informed The Court of Appeal Appeal this afternoon of we decisions concerning retrials in each of those cases.
article_snippet: ’s judgment on this case and others within Operation Elveden’.
article_snippet: Pictured left to right: Duncan Larcombe, John Hardy, Geoff Webster, Fergus Shanahan and John Kay .
article_snippet: – Chris Pharo, Jamie Pyatt, Ben O’Driscoll and Graham Dudman planned retrial in September will now be reviewed.
article_snippet: Two fellow defendants –