News of the World royal phone hacking scandal failures of the police investigation would go on to form part of the wider scandal in 2011. In August 2006, the "News of the World"s royal editor, Clive Goodman and a private investigator, Glenn Mulcaire, were arrested by the Metropolitan Police, and later charged with hacking the telephones of members of the royal family by accessing voicemail messages, an offence under section 79 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000. On 26 January 2007, both Goodman and Mulcaire pleaded guilty to the charges and were sentenced to four and six months imprisonment respectively. On the same day, it was
News media phone hacking scandal reference lists that two senior journalists working for "The Sun", a newspaper owned by News International, appeared to have attempted suicide in the face of ongoing investigations relating to the phone hacking scandal. At that time, eleven current and former staff members of "The Sun" had been arrested on suspicion of bribing police or civil servants for information. For additional narrative regarding some of the arrests on this list, see also: This is a partial list of timelines available online that contain detailed chronological information relating to the phone hacking scandal. News media phone hacking scandal reference lists The phone hacking scandal