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John Yates quits Met Police amid phone-hacking scandal
Scotland Yard chief Paul Stephenson stepped down Sunday night, followed out the door Monday by Assistant Commissioner John Yates. Yates was the official who decided two years ago not to reopen police inquiries into phone hacking and police bribery by tabloid journalists, saying he did not believe there was any new evidence to consider.
London mayor Boris Johnson said Yates had questions to answer about his own links with Wallis, and said Yates resigned after being told he would be suspended pending an ethics investigation. Detectives reopened the investigation earlier this year and now say they have the names of 3,700 potential victims.
British Home Secretary Theresa May announced that a police inspectorate will examine possible police corruption.
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"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."
