Read Dial M for Murdoch: News Corporation and the Corruption of Britain Online
Authors: Tom Watson
4.
‘I’m sorry, Macca, for introducing you to this monster’, Piers Morgan,
Daily Mail
, 19 October 2006 (Morgan wrote: ‘Stories soon emerged that the marriage was in trouble – at one stage I was played a tape of a message Paul had left for Heather on her mobile phone. It was heartbreaking. The couple had clearly had a tiff, Heather had fled to India, and Paul was pleading with her to come back. He sounded lonely, miserable and desperate, and even sang “We Can Work It Out” into the answerphone’.)
5.
‘ Morgan defiant as enemies try to implicate him in hacking scandal’, Ian Burrell,
Independent
, 28 July 2011
20. THE GHOSTS OF WAPPING
1.
‘Andy Coulson reportedly paid by News International when hired by Tories’, James Robinson and Polly Curtis, Guardian online,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/aug/23/andy-coulson-news-international-tories
, 23 August 2011
2.
Ian Edmondson, oral evidence, Leveson Inquiry, 27 February. He said: ‘I don’t recall these emails being sent at all … I can’t remember anything about these emails being sent.’
3.
‘Rupert Murdoch urged to sell off newspaper by top News Corp shareholder’, Richard Blackden, Telegraph online,
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/8843215/Rupert-Murdoch-urged-to-sell-off-newspapers-by-top-News-Corp-shareholder.html
, 23 October 2011
4.
BBC
Newsnight,
9 November 2011
5.
‘Unrest at Wapping spreads to the Sun after arrest’, Ian Burrell,
Independent
, 9 November 2011
21. THE PRESS ON TRIAL
1.
Robert Jay, counsel to the Leveson Inquiry, opening statement, Leveson Inquiry, 14 November 2011
2.
Richard Caseby, oral evidence, Parliamentary Joint Committee on Privacy Injunctions, 13 December 2011
22. DARKER AND DARKER
1.
‘Operation Elveden: five bailed in police payments probe’, BBC Online,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16771809
, 29 January 2012
2.
Andrew Neil interview, CNN, 16 February 2012
3.
‘Rupert Murdoch should sell the Sun’, Michael Wolff, Guardian online,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/feb/12/rupert-murdoch-should-sell-the-sun
, 12 February 2012
Appendix 1 – Individuals in Glenn Mulcaire’s Notes
NAME/RELEVANCE AT TIME OF HACKING
Prince William
Prince Harry
Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton, royal aide
Paddy Harverson, royal aide
Helen Asprey, royal aide
Sarah Ferguson, ex-royal
James Hewitt, former boyfriend of Princess Diana
Paul Burrell, butler to Princess Diana
Guy Pelly, friend of Prince Harry
Tracey Temple, girlfriend of John Prescott
Cherie Blair, wife of Prime Minister Tony Blair
Alastair Campbell, communications director to Tony Blair
Carole Caplin, fitness adviser to Cherie Blair
John Prescott, Labour Deputy Prime Minister
Joan Hammell, chief of staff to John Prescott
David Blunkett, Labour Home Secretary
Sally King, friend of David Blunkett
Andrew King, husband of Sally King
John Anderson, father of Sally King
Tessa Jowell, Labour Culture Secretary
David Mills, lawyer and Tessa Jowell’s husband
Denis MacShane, Labour minister
Joan Smith, girlfriend of Denis MacShane
Elliot Morley, Labour minister
Boris Johnson, Conservative MP
Chris Bryant, Labour MP
Mark Oaten, Liberal Democrat MP
George Osborne, Conservative MP
Natalie Rowe, former friend of George Osborne
Simon Hughes, Liberal Democrat MP
George Galloway, Labour MP
Tommy Sheridan, Scottish Socialist MP
Claire Ward, Labour MP
Nigel Farrage, Leader of UK Independence Party
Ian Blair, Commissioner, Metropolitan Police
John Yates, Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police
Andy Hayman, Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police
Brian Paddick, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police
Ali Dizaei, Commander, Metropolitan Police
Mike Fuller, Commander, Metropolitan Police
David Cook, Detective Chief Superintendent, Metropolitan Police
Jacqui Hames, wife of David Cook
Andy Gilchrist, trade union leader
Gordon Taylor, trade union leader
Jo Armstrong, lawyer
John Hewison, lawyer
Michael Mansfield, lawyer
Graham Shear, lawyer
Sir Richard Branson, entrepreneur
Jude Law, actor
Sadie Frost, former wife of Jude Law
Ciara Parkes, publicist to Jude Law
Ben Jackson, personal assistant to Jude Law
Sienna Miller, actress
Hugh Grant, actor
Jemima Khan, girlfriend of Hugh Grant
Cornelia Crisan, friend of actor Ralph Fiennes
Steve Coogan, comedian
Lisa Gower, former partner of Steve Coogan
Dan Lichters, friend of comedian Michael Barrymore
Charlotte Church, singer
Maria Church, mother of Charlotte Church
James Church, father of Charlotte Church
James Blunt, singer
Pete Doherty, singer
Meg Matthews, ex-wife of singer Noel Gallagher
Kelly Hoppen, interior designer
Elle Macpherson, model
Mary-Ellen Field, representative of Elle Macpherson
Abi Titmuss, model
Laura Rooney, dancer
Max Clifford, publicist
Nicola Phillips, PA to Max Clifford
Michelle Milburn, theatre agent
Alan McGee, record label manager
Jeff Brazier, boyfriend of Jade Goody
Chris Tarrant, TV presenter
Ulrika Jonsson, TV presenter
Lance Gerrard-Wright, husband of Ulrika Jonsson
Dannii Minogue, TV presenter
Brendan Minogue, brother of Dannii Minogue
Leslie Ash, TV presenter
Lee Chapman, husband of Leslie Ash
Jamie Theakston, TV presenter
Duncan Foster, TV director
Rebekah Brooks, newspaper editor
Brendan Montague, freelance journalist
Kelvin Mackenzie, journalist, the
Sun
Ted Hynds, journalist
Tom Rowland, freelance journalist
Dennis Rice, journalist,
Mail on Sunday
Amanda Hobbs, wife of Dennis Rice
Louise Artimati, sister of Dennis Rice
David Davies, football executive
Sven-Göran Eriksson, football manager
Wayne Rooney, footballer
Ryan Giggs, footballer
Ashley Cole, footballer
Peter Crouch, footballer
Abbey Clancy, wife of Peter Crouch
Kieron Dyer, footballer
Paul Gascoigne, footballer
Jimmy Gardner, friend of Paul Gascoigne
Michael McGuire, football agent
Andy Gray, football commentator
Phil Hughes, agent for footballer George Best
Calum Best, son of George Best
Paul Stretford, football agent
Sky Andrew, football agent
Gavin Henson, rugby player
Samantha Wallin, racing trainer
Kieren Fallon, jockey
Chris Eubank, boxer
Karron Stephen-Martin, ex-wife of Chris Eubank
Eimer Cook, wife of golfer Colin Montgomerie
Colette Bos, unknown
HSK, friend of politician
Miss X, alleged victim of rape by celebrity
Colin Stagg, exonerated murder suspect
Robert Thompson, child murderer
Harold Shipman, son of murderer Harold Shipman
Alex Pereira, cousin of police shooting victim
Sheila Henry, mother of terrorist victim
Graham Foulkes, father of terrorist victim
Sean Cassidy, father of terrorist victim
Paul Dadge, survivor of terrorist attack
Shaun Russell, father of murder victim
Sara Payne, mother of murder victim
Sharon Chapman, mother of murder victim
Leslie Chapman, father of murder victim
Milly Dowler, missing schoolgirl
There are another 698 likely victims, yet to be named.
Appendix 2 – Arrests
*
2006
Clive Goodman, royal editor,
News of the World
– 8 August, on suspicion of phone hacking
Glenn Mulcaire, private investigator,
News of the World
– 8 August, on suspicion of phone hacking
2011
Ian Edmondson, news editor,
News of the World
– 5 April, on suspicion of phone hacking
Neville Thurlbeck, chief reporter,
News of the World
– 5 April, on suspicion of phone hacking
James Weatherup, news editor/reporter,
News of the World
– 14 April, on suspicion of phone hacking
Taras Terenia, freelance contributor,
News of the World
– 23 June, on suspicion of phone hacking
†
Laura Elston, royal correspondent, Press Association – 27 June, on suspicion of phone hacking
Andy Coulson, editor,
News of the World
– 8 July, on suspicion of phone hacking
Clive Goodman, royal editor,
News of the World
– 8 July, on suspicion of police corruption