Assistant commissioner also quits Metropolitan Police...

Met Police Assistant Commissioner John Yates has resigned as the phone-hacking scandal fall-out continues.


Assistant Commissioner John Yates decided not to re-open the phone-hacking investigation in 2009

He checked the credentials of Neil Wallis before the Met employed the ex-News of the World executive, arrested last week over hacking allegations.

Mr Yates indicated his intention to resign to the chairman of the Met Police Authority, which was accepted.

Mr Yates's decision to quit comes after Met Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson resigned on Sunday.