Kilpatrick, the Detroit mayor from 2002 until he resigned in 2008, was the biggest target of a years-long Detroit City Hall corruption probe that led to the convictions of two dozen people, including several of his closest friends and former City Councilwoman Monica Conyers, the wife of U.S. Rep. John Conyers.

CNN: Ex-Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick convicted in corruption case

The Crown Prosecution Service said no further action would be taken against freelance journalist Terenia Taras, former Evening Standard journalist Raoul Simons, and former News of the World junior reporter Ross Hall, all of whom were arrested in the phone-hacking probe.

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