Glenn Mulcaire arrested in newspaper hacking probe

[dipsydoodle]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - Police have arrested the private eye at the heart of the scandal over illegal newspaper telephone hacking, which forced Rupert Murdoch to shut Britain's most-read newspaper and rocked the media and political elite.

The media industry, politicians and police have been hit this year by revelations that journalists and private investigators illegally intercepted mobile phone voicemail messages to get gossip for stories. Detectives are also looking into whether reporters paid police for information.

The case forced Murdoch's News Corp to shut the News of the World tabloid in July. Top London police officers have resigned and Prime Minister David Cameron's media advisor - a former News of the World editor - quit and was arrested.

Police said a 41-year-old man has been detained in London on suspicion of conspiring to intercept voicemail messages and perverting the course of justice.

Read more: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/12/07/uk-newscorp-hacking-arrest-idUKTRE7B60JT20111207

[Kingofalldems]

1. Kick and Rec

[beac]

2. K&R for more bad news for Murdoch and his evil empire. n/t

[Downwinder]

3. Hasn't Mulcaire already served a sentence?

[dipsydoodle]

4. Yes

Must be in connection with the possibility of a different charge.

btw - nobody has actually been charged with anything yet as far as I'm aware.