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Former Mail on Sunday exec says emails from phone hacker don’t prove illegality

Former Mail on Sunday exec says emails from phone hacker don’t prove illegality

Published by Sam Flores

Former News of the World news editor Greg Miskiw arrives for sentencing at the Old Bailey in London on 4 July 2014. Picture: Reuters/Neil Hall Former Mail on Sunday associate editor Chris Anderson has denied buying illegally-sourced stories from phone hacker Greg Miskiw (pictured). Emails exchanged between Anderson and Greg Miskiw in 2006 form a key part of the illegal newsgathering claim brought by Prince Harry and others against Mail publisher Associated Newspapers in an ongoing privacy trial. Miskiw was at the time apparently working as a freelance selling stories that had been illegally sourced by private investigator Glenn Mulcaire. Both were convicted of phone hacking for the News of the World some years later. The privacy claimants allege that Mulcaire listened to actress Sadie Frost’s phone messages in April 2006 to reveal details of a private dispute with her nanny. They allege Mulcaire also sourced phone numbers and billing data relating to Frost. They further claim that Miskiw used illegal methods to track down a man believed to be in a romantic relationship with …

Simon Hughes says he was target for Mail after being outed by Sun

Simon Hughes says he was target for Mail after being outed by Sun

Published by Sam Flores

Sir Simon Hughes outside the Rolls Building in London in 2021. Picture: PA Media Former Lib Dem MP Sir Simon Hughes has spoken out about how his private life became a target for tabloid reporting after he was “outed” as gay by The Sun. And he said was moved to sue Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL) after being shown emails and payment records suggesting convicted phone hacker Greg Miskiw was employed by the Mail publisher to target him. The former deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats is one of seven people – including Prince Harry, Sir Elton John, Baroness Doreen Lawrence, Liz Hurley and Sadie Frost – suing ANL over allegations of unlawful information gathering. In his witness statement, Hughes said he was contacted by Sun political editor Trevor Kavanagh on 26 January 2006. At the time Hughes was favourite in the race to be the new Lib Dem leader. He said: “Mr Kavanagh told me that The Sun had obtained evidence of private telephone calls by me which showed that I had called a gay …