Duke of Sussex hails phone hacking ruling as ‘great day for truth’
The Duke of Sussex has said his £140,600 damages award after bringing a phone hacking claim against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) at the High Court was a “great day for truth as well as accountability”.
Harry, 39, sued MGN for damages, claiming journalists at its titles – the Daily and Sunday Mirror and Sunday People – were linked to methods including phone hacking, so-called “blagging” or gaining information by deception, and use of private investigators for unlawful activities.
In a summary of his 386-page ruling on Friday, Mr Justice Fancourt concluded that the duke’s phone was probably hacked “to a modest extent” by the publisher.
He also found that there was “extensive” phone hacking generally by MGN from 2006
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