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Rebekah Brooks pleads not guilty to phone hacking charges

Category: Mobile Phone Investigations

5 June, 2013

Rebekah Brooks, the former head of News International, has pleaded not guilty to charges related to phone hacking. She and a number of other employees of the News of the World each pleaded not guilty at Southwark Crown Court, over allegations that led to the closure of the News of the World two ... read more>>

Rebekah Brooks’ bodyguard charged for concealing phone hacking evidence

Category: Mobile Phone Investigations

8 May, 2013

Rebekah Brooks’ bodyguard is to be charged with hiding potential evidence that could have been used in investigations into phone hacking. The Crown Prosecution Service said that David Johnson, who has been described as a “security professional”, should be charged with pervertin... read more>>

Penalised cold calling firm blames software

Category: Mobile Phone Investigations

27 March, 2013

The owner of a Scottish kitchen company that received the UK's first-ever financial penalty for unauthorised cold calling has partly apportioned the blame to inadequate software. Last week, the Information Commissioner's Office fined DM Design £90,000 for breaching regulatory compl... read more>>

Phone hacking Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh accepts ‘substantial’ damages from The Sun

Category: Mobile Phone Investigations

22 March, 2013

Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh has accepted a public apology from The Sun newspaper as well as “very substantial” damages over the phone hacking scandal. The politician’s private mobile phone was stolen from her car in south west London in October 2010. In June last year she ... read more>>

Chris Eubank takes on Rupert Murdoch after phone hacking

Category: Mobile Phone Investigations

19 March, 2013

Chris Eubank is used to taking on people in the ring, but he is now set to challenge Rupert Murdoch in court after discovering his phone was hacked. The ex-boxer has been told that his phone's voicemail messages were intercepted by a private detective who was working for Murdoch's now-... read more>>

Could 800 new phone hacking cases be revealed?

Category: Mobile Phone Investigations

18 March, 2013

Over 800 potential new victims of phone hacking have been identified after police gained new evidence, it has been reported. The Independent has revealed that officers believe they have found evidence of a widespread conspiracy based on the News of the World features desk, which suggests that ph... read more>>

Four Mirror Group journalists arrested over phone hacking

Category: Mobile Phone Investigations

15 March, 2013

Four journalists who have worked at the Mirror Group have been arrested on suspicion of phone hacking. The inquiry focuses on the Sunday Mirror between 2003 and 2004, with the four employees including ex-Sunday Mirror editor Tina Weaver and current People editor James Scott. The Metropolitan ... read more>>

Ex-Man United striker believes his phone may have been hacked

Category: Mobile Phone Investigations

12 March, 2013

Former Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy believes that his phone may have been hacked during his time in England. The Dutchman played for the Red Devils between 2001 and 2006 and was in the spotlight as one of the Premier League's top players. Speaking to the Think Bigger Deba... read more>>

5 Journalists arrested over phone hacking freed on bail

Category: Mobile Phone Investigations

14 February, 2013

Five of the six journalists arrested as part of a mobile phone analysis into phone hacking at the News of the World have been freed on bail. They included three men and three women, who were all employed by the former newspaper, with two of them currently working at The Sun. These arrests h... read more>>

Sarah Ferguson settles phone hacking case

Category: Mobile Phone Investigations

11 February, 2013

Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, has settled her phone hacking case with the News of the World. She was not the only one to receive a payout for "substantial" damages following the mobile phone analysis , as Hugh Grant, Christopher Eccleston, James Blunt and Kerry Katona are among... read more>>