Scotland Yard communications chief Dick Fedorcio has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission over his relationship with hacking suspect Neil Wallis, his force said today.
The Metropolitan Police (MPS) said in a statement: “The context of this referral is in connection with the ongoing high-level public interest in the relationship between News International and the MPS and, in particular, the relationship between Neil Wallis and Mr Fedorcio and the circumstances under which the contract was awarded to Chamy Media.”
Chamy is Mr Wallis’s PR firm.
The referral comes on the day that Mr Fedorcio, Scotland Yard’s director of public affairs, is to give evidence to the Commons Home Affairs Committee, alongside Met Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson and Assistant Commissioner John Yates.
PA