Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson has resigned, saying he carried "ultimate responsibility" for the questions the police faced over their links to the phone hacking scandal.
He had faced criticism for his links with former News of the World journalist turned PR consultant Neil Wallis. Wallis was hired as a PR consultant for the police after he left News International. Sir Paul enjoyed a five week stay worth £12,000 at a luxury health farm for which Wallis was the PR earlier in the year, as he recovered from an illness.
In a statement he said he wanted to put the record "straight".
“I played no role in the letting or management of that contract. I have heard suggestions that we must have suspected the alleged involvement of Mr Wallis in phonehacking… I had no knowledge of the extent of this disgraceful practice, or indeed to the extent of it.”
Sir Paul said: "I may wish we had have done some things differently but I'll not lose any sleep over my personal integrity."
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