'Key Figure' Arrested In Phone-Hacking Investigation 6.84K Jeff Neumann 08/02/11 07:28AM Filed to: Briefly Briefly news of the world Rupert Murdoch Scandal Appic Police in London today arrested a "key figure" in connection with Rupert Murdoch's phone-hacking fiasco, and the Guardian confirms that it is former News of the World managing editor Stuart Kuttner who is in police custody.