Bob and Sally Dowler, Hugh Grant, writer Joan Smith and Ashley Cole's solicitor Graham Shear were all allegedly targeted
Bob and Sally Dowler
The parents of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler accepted £2m from News International, plus a further £1m personal donation from Rupert Murdoch to charities of their choice, after the Guardian revealed in July that their daughter's phone had been hacked by the News of the World after she went missing in 2002. The news prompted public revulsion at the activities of the title and led directly to its closure. The Dowlers are likely to give powerful testimony about their treatment by the tabloid, which they claim wrote front-page stories based on information gained by accessing Milly's mobile as well as their own. Messages left on Milly's phone were deleted by the paper in order to make way for new ones. David Sherborne QC, who is representing the 51 victims...
Bob and Sally Dowler
The parents of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler accepted £2m from News International, plus a further £1m personal donation from Rupert Murdoch to charities of their choice, after the Guardian revealed in July that their daughter's phone had been hacked by the News of the World after she went missing in 2002. The news prompted public revulsion at the activities of the title and led directly to its closure. The Dowlers are likely to give powerful testimony about their treatment by the tabloid, which they claim wrote front-page stories based on information gained by accessing Milly's mobile as well as their own. Messages left on Milly's phone were deleted by the paper in order to make way for new ones. David Sherborne QC, who is representing the 51 victims...
- 11/21/2011
- by James Robinson
- The Guardian - Film News
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