The U.K. capital’s top police official resigned Sunday, and the former chief of News Corp.’s U.K. newspaper unit was arrested, as the country’s tabloid newspaper scandal raced uncomfortably into the top ranks of Britain’s law-enforcement and media worlds.<\/p>\n
Late Sunday, the head of London’s Metropolitan Police Service, known as Scotland Yard, resigned due largely to connections between the police and the phone-hacking scandal. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Paul Stephenson cited intense media scrutiny and the hiring of a former News Corp. tabloid editor to advise police on public relations; that editor, Neil Wallis, was arrested in connection with the criminal investigation last week.<\/p>\n
Sir Paul’s resignation came hours after U.K. police arrested Rebekah Brooks, News Corp.’s former top U.K. newspaper official and a key figure in the rapidly evolving investigation.<\/p>\n