Media / Rupert Murdoch 2nd Scotland Yard Official Resigns Another casualty of hacking scandal: Assistant Commissioner John Yates By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Jul 18, 2011 12:20 PM CDT Copied News about Rebekah Brooks resignation is displayed on the Fox News ticker at building which houses the News Corp. headquarter, Friday, July 15, 2011, in New York. (Mary Altaffer) See 3 more photos Britain's spreading phone hacking and police bribery scandal forced another of London's top police officers to resign. Scotland Yard chief Paul Stephenson stepped down last night, followed out the door today by Assistant Commissioner John Yates—who decided two years ago not to reopen police inquiries into phone hacking and police bribery by tabloid journalists, saying he did not believe there was any new evidence to consider. (More Rupert Murdoch stories.) See 3 more photos Report an error