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John Yates resigns from Met police over phone-hacking scandal
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| Contributor | New Jerusalem |
| Last Edited | New Jerusalem Jul 18, 2011 10:57am |
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| Category | Scandal |
| Author | The Guardian |
| Media | Newspaper - Guardian |
| News Date | Monday, July 18, 2011 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The Metropolitan police assistant commissioner John Yates has become the second high-profile Scotland Yard officer to resign over the phone-hacking scandal.
The resignation of Yates – the country's top counter-terrorism officer – comes a day after his boss, the Metropolitan police commissioner, Sir Paul Stephenson, stepped down.
In a statement, Scotland Yard said: "Assistant commissioner John Yates has this afternoon indicated his intention to resign to the chair of the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA). This has been accepted. AC Yates will make a statement later this afternoon."
His decision to quit came as the Metropolitan Police Authority's professional standards cases subcommittee held a meeting to consider a slew of complaints against him.
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