The Mail has always vehemently denied any involvement with phone hacking or any other unlawful activities. Their claims of unlawful activity by the papers go well beyond phone hacking to the alleged hiring of private investigators to bug cars and homes. Without doubt, the most eye-catching name among the claimants is that of Doreen Lawrence, the mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence. Further phone hacking claims against the newspaper were announced just last week. Leveson part two could put an end to the cycle of press misbehaviour followed by weak and ineffectual political responses.

Source: Daily Mail October 19, 2022 20:38 UTC