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LONDON. – Prince Harry has hailed a “great day for truth” after winning substantial damages in his hacking case against the Daily Mirror, in a judgment that will have profound implications for the British media.
Yesterday day a judge ruled there was “extensive” phone hacking by Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) from 2006 to 2011, “even to some extent” during the Leveson inquiry into media standards.
Justice Fancourt found that unlawful information gathering was “widespread” at all three Mirror Group titles, while the use of private investigators was an “integral part of the system”.
In a dramatic day at the high court, the judge ruled there could be “no doubt” that Piers Morgan, the Mirror’s editor between 1995 and 2004, and other senior executives knew about the practice.
Reading a statement outside his home, Morgan furiously denied he was aware of phone hacking during his time as editor.
In an extraordinary personal attack, the TalkTV presenter said the Duke of Sussex “wouldn’t know truth if it slapped him in his California-tanned face”, and claimed Harry and his wife, the Duchess of Sussex, were trying to “destroy the British monarchy”.
Morgan said he had not been asked to provide a statement to the court and was unable “to respond to the many false allegations that were spewed about me in court by old foes”. – guardian.com
Bongani Ndlovu
Online Reporter