Reporter finally cleared of paying officer after £20million farce

  The only reporter to be convicted in the wake of the controversial £20m Operation Elveden probe was today (thurs) cleared of paying public officials by a High Court judge. Anthony France, 42, can finally start rebuilding his life after 1,379 days of hell. France had been accused of paying more than £22,000 for stories from a corrupt counter terrorism police officer. He was said to have funnelled money to PC Timothy Edwards for more than two and half years…