LONDON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - British prosecutors said onFriday they would take no further action against RupertMurdoch's News UK and 10 people at rival publisherMirror Group Newspapers over alleged phone hacking.
Reporters on tabloid newspapers have admitted hacking intophones to find stories, a practice that caused uproar when itbecame public in 2011, resulting in the closure of Murdoch'sNews of the World title.
The Crown Prosecution Service said it had brought 12prosecutions and secured nine convictions for these seriousoffences over the last three years, but would take no furtheraction.
"After a thorough analysis, we have decided there isinsufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of aconviction and therefore no further action will be taken in anyof these cases," said Director of Public Prosecutions AlisonSaunders.
"These decisions bring the CPS's involvement in currentinvestigations into phone hacking to a close." (Reporting by Paul Sandle; editing by Kate Holton)