Sandhurst Ministry of Defence employee admits leaking stories Tracy Bell, 35, from Goldthorpe in South Yorkshire, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to one charge of misconduct in a public office between October 17 2005 and July 7 2006. While she was a Ministry of Defence employee at Sandhurst, where army officers including Prince Harry receive initial training, she received around £1,250 for five articles published in the Sun newspaper. Bell was allowed to sit at the back of the packed courtroom outside the dock as she entered her plea. She was originally charged in April with accepting £1,250 in exchange for five stories that appeared in The Sun. Prosecutor Mark Bryant-Heron said: "I have seen a short basis of plea, and the difference between the parties amounts to some £500. The Crown does not intend to apply for a Newton hearing on that basis, but it is a matter for the court. Mr Justice Saunders adjourned Bell's sentencing hearing until a date in October which has not yet been fixed. She was freed on unconditional bail until the sentencing hearing, while pre-sentence reports are prepared.