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| The Sun to face trial over phone-hacking claims | The Sun to face trial over phone-hacking claims |
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| The Sun is face a trial over phone hacking for the first time after a high court judge ruled there was enough evidence for claims against the newspaper to be heard in a civil court. | The Sun is face a trial over phone hacking for the first time after a high court judge ruled there was enough evidence for claims against the newspaper to be heard in a civil court. |
| Four claimants, including entertainer Les Dennis, allege that 40 articles printed in the tabloid were obtained through phone hacking, including some while the paper was edited by Rebekah Brooks. | Four claimants, including entertainer Les Dennis, allege that 40 articles printed in the tabloid were obtained through phone hacking, including some while the paper was edited by Rebekah Brooks. |
| Brooks, who was cleared of all phone-hacking charges in a trial which ended in 2014, returned in September as chief executive of News UK, publisher of the Sun as well as the Times and Sunday Times. | Brooks, who was cleared of all phone-hacking charges in a trial which ended in 2014, returned in September as chief executive of News UK, publisher of the Sun as well as the Times and Sunday Times. |
| The phone-hacking revelations led to the closure of the News of the World, ultimately owned by Rupert Murdoch. News UK has insisted the practice did not take place at the Sun. | The phone-hacking revelations led to the closure of the News of the World, ultimately owned by Rupert Murdoch. News UK has insisted the practice did not take place at the Sun. |
| Mr Justice Mann said on Thursday that a trial to hear the claims should go ahead after considering evidence including allegations that senior executives and journalists who could have known about phone hacking at the News of the World moved to the Sun. | Mr Justice Mann said on Thursday that a trial to hear the claims should go ahead after considering evidence including allegations that senior executives and journalists who could have known about phone hacking at the News of the World moved to the Sun. |
| He also took into account evidence from those previously convicted of phone hacking concerning specific stories in the Sun. He also heard evidence from the notebooks of private investigator Glenn Mulcaire referring to the Sun in relation to a story about Wayne Rooney. | He also took into account evidence from those previously convicted of phone hacking concerning specific stories in the Sun. He also heard evidence from the notebooks of private investigator Glenn Mulcaire referring to the Sun in relation to a story about Wayne Rooney. |
| The ruling did not accept that the evidence was proof of unlawful activity, but that it was sufficient to justify a full trial. | The ruling did not accept that the evidence was proof of unlawful activity, but that it was sufficient to justify a full trial. |
| The bulk of the evidence presented by the claimants was from witness statements provided by three men who were all either convicted of, or admitted involvement in, phone hacking at the News of the World, Greg Miskiw, Glenn Mulcaire and Paul McMullan. | The bulk of the evidence presented by the claimants was from witness statements provided by three men who were all either convicted of, or admitted involvement in, phone hacking at the News of the World, Greg Miskiw, Glenn Mulcaire and Paul McMullan. |
| It included an email exchange provided by Miskiw with Sun associate editor Geoff Webster that the judge said “on the face of it could well be an instruction” to continue hacking the phone of Heather Mills’s sister. | It included an email exchange provided by Miskiw with Sun associate editor Geoff Webster that the judge said “on the face of it could well be an instruction” to continue hacking the phone of Heather Mills’s sister. |
| The evidence has been presented as part of a tranche of civil claims brought against News Group Newspapers, which also published the News of the World. The bulk of the claims concern allegations of hacking at the News of the World, for which a number of NGN employees, including the newspaper’s former editor Andy Coulson, have been jailed. | The evidence has been presented as part of a tranche of civil claims brought against News Group Newspapers, which also published the News of the World. The bulk of the claims concern allegations of hacking at the News of the World, for which a number of NGN employees, including the newspaper’s former editor Andy Coulson, have been jailed. |
| NGN has previously settled a large number of cases brought against the News of the World. The total cost of the scandal to the publisher is said to have been £500m. | NGN has previously settled a large number of cases brought against the News of the World. The total cost of the scandal to the publisher is said to have been £500m. |
| The four claimants who allege hacking at the Sun are Dennis; Simon Clegg, former head of the British Olympic Association; Ian Cotton, an ex-Liverpool FC director of communications; and James Mullard, the former manager of Pete Docherty’s band Babyshambles. However, Hamlins, the lead solicitors representing those pursuing the claims, say there are other alleged victims who will add their names to the action against the Sun. | The four claimants who allege hacking at the Sun are Dennis; Simon Clegg, former head of the British Olympic Association; Ian Cotton, an ex-Liverpool FC director of communications; and James Mullard, the former manager of Pete Docherty’s band Babyshambles. However, Hamlins, the lead solicitors representing those pursuing the claims, say there are other alleged victims who will add their names to the action against the Sun. |
| The trial over the claims against the News of the World is due to take place in June, but a separate trial considering the Sun allegations will not take place until either much later in the year or early 2017. | The trial over the claims against the News of the World is due to take place in June, but a separate trial considering the Sun allegations will not take place until either much later in the year or early 2017. |
| Brooks was cleared in 2014 of all charges relating to phone hacking at the News of the World and the Metropolitan police has said there is no credible evidence of phone hacking at the Sun. | Brooks was cleared in 2014 of all charges relating to phone hacking at the News of the World and the Metropolitan police has said there is no credible evidence of phone hacking at the Sun. |
| Dr Evan Harris, joint executive director of Hacked Off, said the judgment showed the need for the second part of the Leveson inquiry to take place. | |
| “News Corp will seek to settle all these claims out of court and not allow any to get to trial,” he said. | |
| “Either way, part two of the Leveson Inquiry must go ahead and examine in public these whistleblower allegations and the corrupt relationships between the press and police that have kept this cover-up going for so long. | |
| “The government must now indicate that part two of Leveson will definitely take place as the prime minister promised when prosecutions are complete.” | |
| News UK declined to comment. | News UK declined to comment. |