Phone hacking: police warn Mail journalists of voicemail interceptions

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Source: Guardian UK

Six journalists who worked for the Mail on Sunday and its sister title the Daily Mail are set to be shown evidence by Scotland Yard which suggests their voicemail messages were intercepted by Glenn Mulcaire, the private investigator who worked for the News of the World.

The fact that journalists from rival titles, several of whom are still employed by the Mail titles' owner Associated Newspapers, are being warned by the Met they were being targeted by Mulcaire signals that Operation Weeting, the Met's phone hacking investigation which began in January, is about to enter a dramatic phase.

It follows news that Dennis Rice, a Fleet Street veteran who works for the Mail on Sunday as a freelance, is suing the News of the World's owner News Group for alleged breach of privacy, joining public figures who have already launched civil actions action against the title at the high court.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/may/27/phone-hacking-mail-journalists

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And things just got a whole lot bigger....

[aquart]

1. Truly delightful. But when is the New York opening?

Isn't there anybody here just a bit suspicious?