The former deputy editor at the now-defunct News of the World newspaper will not face any charges regarding phone hacking, the CPS has announced.
It said Neil Wallis will not face prosecution because there is insufficient evidence.
Mr Wallis wrote on Twitter: "After 21 months of hell for my family, CPS have just told my solicitors that there will be no prosecution of me."
He was arrested in 2011 on suspicion of intercepting communications.
In a statement, Alison Levitt QC, principal legal adviser to the Director of Public Prosecutions, said prosecutors had been considering whether to bring charges against two journalists over alleged phone hacking.
No reasons givenShe said: "The file in relation to one of those two journalists was resubmitted on January 11 2013.
"Having carefully considered the matter, the CPS has concluded that there is insufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction in relation to that journalist. The other journalist remains under investigation.
"As eight people are awaiting trial in relation to this matter, it would not be appropriate to give reasons for this decision at this stage. At the conclusion of any related proceedings we will consider what more can be made public in relation to this decision."
So far, 26 people have been arrested as part of Operation Weeting, the Metropolitan Police's investigation into illegal access to voicemails.
Eight people, including former News International executive Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, the prime minister's former spokesman, are facing a total of 19 charges relating to phone hacking.
The two ex-News of the World editors are among seven of the paper's former staff facing charges of conspiring to intercept voicemails.
They are all due to face trial later in the year.
The phone-hacking allegations led to the closure of the News of the World in July 2011 and the setting up of the Leveson Inquiry into press ethics.
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