UK hacking scandal spreads with arrest at Sun

UK hacking scandal spreads with arrest at Sun

A journalist at Rupert Murdoch’s The Sun tabloid has been arrested on suspicion of police corruption, British media reported Friday, a development that spreads the taint of scandal to the country’s biggest-selling newspaper.

UK broadcasters and newspapers identified the journalist as award-winning editor Jamie Pyatt, whose name appeared on one of The Sun’s most sensational scoops a story with a photograph showing Prince Harry attending a party in Nazi garb.

The Sun’s publisher, News International, confirmed that one of its employees had been detained. The police said only they had apprehended a 48-year-old man “outside of London’’. Public records show that Pyatt lives in Windsor, just outside of London.

An ethics scandal at The Sun could mean further legal and financial problems for Murdoch’s global media empire.