Sun journalist avoids jail after conviction for handling MP’s phone

A senior Sun journalist has avoided jail after being convicted of handling a Labour MP’s stolen mobile phone to read private texts about the Miliband brothers’ leadership battle.

Nick Parker, the Sun’s chief foreign correspondent, received a three month sentence suspended for 12 months after being found guilty at the Old Bailey on Tuesday of possessing Siobhain McDonagh’s stolen BlackBerry.

To be honest, I think that it was only right that he was convicted as what he did goes against privacy and i feel that it should be dealt with quite severely.