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| Phone hacking: Paul Gascoigne wins damages from Mirror Group | 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 to decide compensation. | |
| Celebrities awarded payments include actress Sadie Frost, who won £260,000, and soap stars Shane Richie, Lucy Benjamin and Shobna Gulati. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 payouts total £1.2 million. |
| Phone 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". | 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". |
| Following the ruling, solicitors for Ms Frost said she was "relieved" and "thrilled" with the outcome. | |
| The impact of hacking had been "sustained and intrusive", her solicitors said in a statement, adding that the actress "reluctantly" accepts she may never know the full extent of the unlawful activities by Mirror Group journalists. | |
| Ms Frost had told the hearing that hacking made her life a "living hell" and that, as stories about her continued to appear in national newspapers, she ended up not trusting her own mother. | |
| Mr Gascoigne had told the hearing that hacking left him "scared to speak to anybody" on the phone. He said the ordeal had "ruined his life". | |
| He had complained about 18 articles published by Mirror Newspapers - all of which were accepted to have been the product of illegal activity. | |
| The former England international footballer said his own family had not believed his phone was being hacked, while his therapist told him he was "paranoid" and "going through a mental disorder". |