Crown Prosecution Service says former serviceman given conditional caution on condition he makes donation to charity

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A former soldier who sold information to a newspaper has been told he will escape charges if he makes a payment of £150 to a charity connected with the armed services.

The CPS said that in accepting the conditional caution, the former soldier accepts responsibility for the offence.

Gregor McGill, a senior lawyer at the Crown Prosecution Service, said, “In November 2013, the CPS received a file concerning an allegation against one individual, a former soldier, of misconduct in public office.

“The individual has been conditionally cautioned in relation to the disclosure of information in return for payment from a newspaper, the condition being that he must make a payment of £150 to a charity connected with the armed services. In accepting a conditional caution, an individual accepts responsibility for the offending set out.”

The file was sent to the CPS by detectives working in Scotland Yard’s Operation Elveden investigation into unlawful payments to public officials from newspapers for leaks.

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