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Phone hacking: Paul Gascoigne wins damages from Mirror Group | |
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Former footballer Paul Gascoigne has won £188,250 in phone-hacking damages from Mirror Group Newspapers. | Former footballer Paul Gascoigne has won £188,250 in phone-hacking damages from Mirror Group Newspapers. |
The payout to the former England international was one of eight announced at London's High Court. | The payout to the former England international was one of eight announced at London's High Court. |
It follows a three-week hearing in March to determine the extent of wrongdoing and decide on compensation. | It follows a three-week hearing in March to determine the extent of wrongdoing and decide on compensation. |
Celebrities awarded payments include actress Sadie Frost, who won £260,000, and soap stars Shane Richie, Lucy Benjamin and Shobna Gulati. | |
Mr Richie, who plays Alfie Moon in EastEnders, was awarded £155,000 in damages. | |
Ms Benjamin, who played Lucy Fowler in EastEnders, will receive £157,250, while Ms Gulati, Coronation Street's Sunita Alahan, was awarded £117,500. | |
Mr Justice Mann also awarded £85,000 to BBC creative director Alan Yentob. | |
TV producer Robert Ashworth, who was married to Coronation Street actress Tracy Shaw, received £201,250, while flight attendant Lauren Alcorn, who had a relationship with footballer Rio Ferdinand, was awarded £72,500. | |
The payouts total £1.2 million. | |
The hacking was carried out by "teams of journalists" across three Mirror Group publications - the Mirror, the Sunday Mirror and the People - the hearing was told. | |
In February, Trinity Mirror - the owner of the three titles - published a "sincere and unreserved" apology for the voicemail interception, saying it "was unlawful and should never have happened". |