By James Doleman

Sandra Ridgeway, the mother of a police officer, burst into tears this afternoon when she was convicted of aiding an abetting misconduct in a public office after pleading guilty at London’s Old Bailey of passing information about an attempted suicide to the Sun newspaper.

Ridgeway, 55, acted as an intermediary between the newspaper and her son after calling in with a story that a television actor had attempted to commit suicide. Her son, Thomas Ridgeway, then a serving police officer, has already been found guilty of the offence and sentenced to 12 months in prison.

Her counsel, Kevin Baumber, told Read full story ›

Source: The Drum