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Extensive Phone Hacking by MGN

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Roussette · 15/12/2023 11:04

So... Harry has won his case.

As lawyers are saying now... this is massive. 15 out of 33 accusations of hacking by Harry were upheld as a result of phone hacking and other illegal practices.
Hacking and blagging were even taking place during the Leveson enquiry.

He has won damages of £140,000 plus. And before this thread descends into Harry hate, please think of all the other claimants who have also had their claims upheld and damages awarded to them. They went through hell, medical records hacked and reported on, trackers on cars, phones hacked...

It's not about the money, it's about 'accountability of power'.

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Viviennemary · 15/12/2023 18:28

I am not keen on Harry because of the way he has behaved over the last few years. However, if it's been proved his phone was hacked then he deserved to win the case. Phone hacking is just not on.

whattheactualfrog · 15/12/2023 18:32

GrazingSheep · 15/12/2023 18:26

Has Piers Morgan committed perjury?

No he didn’t testify, that’s what he’s PO about

EmmaEmerald · 15/12/2023 18:38

whattheactualfrog · 15/12/2023 18:32

No he didn’t testify, that’s what he’s PO about

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Why would he be pissed off about that?

Bales23 · 15/12/2023 18:39

ColleenDonaghy · 15/12/2023 11:13

Really pleased to see this result coming through.

Just took a peek at the DM front page and didn't see it mentioned. Funny that, usually Harry can't fart without it appearing.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Lampzade · 15/12/2023 18:45

Myfabby · 15/12/2023 18:08

and scared....

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Piers Morgan is terrified.
All that fighting talk is mere deflection.

Cakester · 15/12/2023 18:47

Piers Morgan testified at the Leveson inquiry through, so yes he has likely committed perjury according to the Judgement today:

"I accept what he said about Mr Morgan's involvement in the Minogue/Gooding story," the judge added. "No evidence was called by MGN to contradict it."
Fancourt also accepted the evidence of several other witnesses who claimed Morgan was aware that other stories published by MGN newspapers were the product of phone hacking.
The judge referred to evidence given by David Seymour, group political editor of the Daily Mirror from 1993 to 2007, that Morgan had played a voicemail in the newsroom of Paul McCartney singing a song by the Beatles to his then wife in 2001.
"Mr Seymour struck me as a man of intelligence and integrity," Fancourt said in his ruling. "I accept his evidence without hesitation."
Fancourt also accepted the evidence of other witnesses who said Morgan had boasted about phone hacking to an adviser to former British prime minister Tony Blair.
The judge also said in his ruling there is "compelling evidence that the editors of each newspaper knew very well that (voicemail interception) was being used extensively and habitually and that they were happy to take the benefits of it".
The judge said editors were also happy to take the benefits of "connected and related" unlawful information gathering by MGN journalists and private investigators.

Myfabby · 15/12/2023 18:47

Lampzade · 15/12/2023 18:45

Piers Morgan is terrified.
All that fighting talk is mere deflection.

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You know it's bad when one of his ilk Lozza Fox speaks out against him

As a sidebar waiting for the outcome of his libel case.

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Roussette · 15/12/2023 18:50

Morgan had played a voicemail in the newsroom of Paul McCartney singing a song by the Beatles to his then wife in 2001.

How awful. A private voicemail like this being played to all to take the piss out of.

Just appalling.

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TallerSally · 15/12/2023 18:51

Lampzade · 15/12/2023 18:45

Piers Morgan is terrified.
All that fighting talk is mere deflection.

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So true!

He, and everyone else, knows he's deep in the doo-doo.

Being caught lying, then accusing a judge of lying, is a great way to have your *ss kicked big time. Not only are the ongoing trials not going to stop, there are is going to be MORE litigation.

PM has so far managed to slither his way out of testifying (to my knowledge), as he knows that'll be the END of him. Imagine, he'll be asked a direct question by a barrister about whether he knew about phone hacking, to which he'll try responding "It's that lying Prince Harry and his California suntan! He's trying to destroy the Royal Family!", perhaps hoping that the judge will then say "Oh, it's all good, then - asked and answered".

HA-HA! Not!

I can't wait till it's PM's turn to spend a day and a half (or so) SQUIRMING in the witness box!

I suspect I won't be waiting too long...

Myfabby · 15/12/2023 18:53

the sun tan jab was so random. just shows you the depth of his jealousy.

Yeah I know who I'd rather be, in the sun with my wife and kids, not a tantrumy pointless press statement with a quivering double chin on a freezing depressing day in london.

wordler · 15/12/2023 19:00

Roussette · 15/12/2023 18:04

Piers Morgan is hitting out at anyone and everyone.

What I don't understand, and maybe someone can explain to me?

I have linked him on here on camera admitting he listened to a message. When pushed he said, yes it was a voicemail message.

How would he listen to Heather Mills McCartney's voicemail message if it hasn't been hacked?

Does he think this footage doesn't exist? My link was him at the Leveson enquiry

I think it’s language used to talk around the topic. Just going on his new statement he said HE never hacked a phone and never ASKED anyone to HACK a phone.

If he was shown listening or playing a voicemail and it was a recording then he is not claiming he’s never heard the outcome of a hack just that he didn’t do it himself.

Maybe be never used the words “go and hack a phone” to a reporter but indicated they should ‘get the info somehow’ so something vague with a wink etc.

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Roussette · 15/12/2023 19:03

Yes exactly @wordler

He was the Editor so he knew

It's just obsfucation

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wordler · 15/12/2023 19:06

Roussette · 15/12/2023 19:03

Yes exactly @wordler

He was the Editor so he knew

It's just obsfucation

I’m sure he’s had legal help to go over the statements he’s made and to prep him if he was called to testify.

I have a feeling nothing much will happen to him over this. Or to the other editor and senior people involved.

Cakester · 15/12/2023 19:08

If he's listening to the messages, its reasonable to conclude he knew it was hacked because theres no other way to be listen to it unless its your phone or she is there playing it to you herself.

EmmaEmerald · 15/12/2023 19:15

Cakester · 15/12/2023 19:08

If he's listening to the messages, its reasonable to conclude he knew it was hacked because theres no other way to be listen to it unless its your phone or she is there playing it to you herself.

Exactly.

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Roussette · 15/12/2023 19:16

Cakester · 15/12/2023 19:08

If he's listening to the messages, its reasonable to conclude he knew it was hacked because theres no other way to be listen to it unless its your phone or she is there playing it to you herself.

Absolutely. Isn't that what they'd tried to pin him down on, in the Enquiry? I think so

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HelloDolly23 · 15/12/2023 19:26

I am totally surprised that people are surprised by PM's behaviour. This is the man that (allegedly) published fake pictures of British soldiers torturing Iraqi prisoners, putting our servicemen at risk and harm and (allegedly) being involved in hacking Milly Dowler's phone.

rosyglowcondition · 15/12/2023 19:28

No one. Just no one is surprised that Piers Morgan is unscrupulous and dishonest!

EmmaEmerald · 15/12/2023 19:28

HelloDolly23 · 15/12/2023 19:26

I am totally surprised that people are surprised by PM's behaviour. This is the man that (allegedly) published fake pictures of British soldiers torturing Iraqi prisoners, putting our servicemen at risk and harm and (allegedly) being involved in hacking Milly Dowler's phone.

No one is surprised? Unless I'm mistaken.

MaturingCheeseball · 15/12/2023 19:44

“To a modest extent” - The Judge

Imo Harry cheapens the phone-hacking issue. I just hope his award is passed to Invictus.

pp talking about nothing in Daily Mail - take a look at Daily Mirror. The phone hacking concerns The Daily Mirror , not the DM.

Sharedcupboard · 15/12/2023 19:50

Piers Morgan deserves everything that’s coming. I feel for his kids. He will be on the receiving end of hate that he has created towards many over the years.

Inkanta · 15/12/2023 19:53

Ha ha haaa. Well done Harry. Gotcha Piers bloody Morgan!!!

Notonthestairs · 15/12/2023 19:54

What's cheap (nasty and illegal) is phoning hacking in the first place.

Cakester · 15/12/2023 20:10

More from the judgement:

It is not in dispute that private information obtained by phone hacking, blagging, or by committing other criminal offences is unjustified; nor, at the other extreme, is it suggested on behalf of the Duke that information that is publicly available is private. There is a grey area where information in respect of which the Duke had a legitimate expectation of privacy had wrongly been placed into the public domain to some extent by someone other than MGN.

So some of these articles were from hacking, bugging, other forms of UGI, and some were placed in the public domain by someone else.

Cakester · 15/12/2023 20:14

Oh and I like this from the jdugement:

As a matter of law, the fact that a person has chosen to put some aspects of their private life into the public domain does not mean that there is no reasonable expectation of privacy in respect of other aspects of their private life, and indeed speaking about one’s feelings about a certain matter on one occasion does not forfeit the right to privacy in relation to one’s feelings on another occasion...