The crime correspondent of The Sun faces a jury in May over allegations of paying a police officer a court has decided. Anthony France, 41, is charged with aiding and abetting misconduct in a public office by paying for information from PC Timothy Edwards in July 2011.Appearing at the Old Bailey before His Honour Judge Pontius, France pleaded not guilty and his trial date was sent for 11 May this year with the case expected to take around two weeks.As well as France, two editors and two senior journalists from the best-selling tabloid are currently appearing at the same court on similar charges and another four former and current Sun executives or reporters are awaiting a decision on a date for a re-trial after a jury in Kingston failed to reach a verdict in their cases last month.All of the defendants deny all of the charges.