Three others caught up in the scandal--former HP ethics chief Kevin Hunsacker and private detectives Ronald DeLia and Mathew Depante--will face 96 hours of community service after they pleaded no-contest to misdemeanor charges of fraudulent wire communications.

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Mr Yates said he did not re-examine the 11, 000 pages of material recovered from Mulcaire's home but spent eight hours considering the matter, and consulted the Crown Prosecution Service, but decided there was no likelihood of further convictions.

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