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patronymic surname .
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News Corp claimed Nixson was told in a separate email in November 2005: "I'll get [redacted] to do his thing on [redacted's] phone".
Former News of the World employee accused of bribing prison guard 2012
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Nixson sanctioned a £750 payment to a prison guard while working for the News of the World in March 2009, according to court documents filed by his former employer on Thursday.
Former News of the World employee accused of bribing prison guard 2012
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A solicitor for Nixson said in a statement late on Thursday: "Contrary to reports based on defences raised by the defendants for the first time some six months after summarily dismissing him, my client wishes to make it absolutely clear that he neither bribed nor ever admitted to bribing a prison officer."
Former News of the World employee accused of bribing prison guard 2012
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Nixson was sacked by the Sun in July last year after parent company News Corp said it unearthed emails that implicated him in wrongdoing.
Former News of the World employee accused of bribing prison guard 2012
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In a statement, a solicitor for Nixson said he "neither bribed nor ever admitted to bribing a prison officer".
Former News of the World employee accused of bribing prison guard 2012
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Nixson is suing his former employer for wrongful dismissal and breach of contract and the claims were made by News Group Newspapers as part of their defence.
Former News of the World employee accused of bribing prison guard 2012
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Nixson, who joined the Sun in April 2010 after five years at the NoW, has consistently denied any wrongdoing.
Former News of the World employee accused of bribing prison guard 2012
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News Corp's management and standards committee investigating phone hacking recommended that Nixson be immediately dismissed after it claimed it had uncovered evidence of wrongdoing.
Former News of the World employee accused of bribing prison guard 2012
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News Group Newspapers, publisher of the Sun and NoW, claimed in the court filings that it had unearthed emails to show that Nixson told a reporter to handle the payment "very carefully" because the company had a "forensic new accountant who doesn't brook any funny business".
Former News of the World employee accused of bribing prison guard 2012
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In a follow-up email, Nixson is alleged to have said: "We'll have to pay £750 then chuck her some more money later".
Former News of the World employee accused of bribing prison guard 2012
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