Prince Harry does not have a “single item” of evidence his phone was hacked by journalists working for Mirror Group Newspapers, the high court has heard.Īndrew Green KC, the Mirror’s barrister, admitted the company’s journalists hacked many other celebrities’ voicemails during the 2000s. My colleague, media editor Jim Waterson, has written up today’s proceedings. I had no reason to believe that the practices Stafford engaged in were unlawful nor did I instruct him to undertake such practices.” I certainly wouldn’t have told him how to do it. “I don’t know how he got telephone numbers and never asked how. If you were following a story and weren’t able to door knock or needed a number so that you could approach someone for interview, you might call Jonathan to request that he searches for contact details. “He was somebody used by the news desk to get telephone numbers. She added: “I recall Jonathan Stafford though he was not my contact and I don’t recognise the details on the payment record shown to me. “I have been told that a partial admission has been made by MGN that a limited proportion of instructions to Stafford were to unlawfully obtain private information,” Kerr said. Kerr said had been informed by MGN’s lawyers there was one payment record which refers to her name from Jonathan Stafford, someone the Duke of Sussex’s legal team have alleged to be a “known blagger” of information. In her witness statement, she said she did not know how a private investigator obtained phone numbers “and never asked how”. Like Prince Harry, Jane Kerr has submitted a written statement, which is now publicly available. She has denied obtaining information unlawfully. In her witness statement, Kerr said she did not know how a private investigator obtained phone numbers “and never asked how”. The court heard Mirror journalist Jane Kerr attempted to get out of giving evidence last week, only to be forced to attend the trial by the judge. The prince told the court that he once found a “tracking device” on a car belonging to Chelsy Davy, his ex-girlfriend. Harry’s barrister read an email from Mirror journalist Katie Hind which describes how to hack phones. Harry denied his claims were in the “realms of speculation” as the Mirror barrister alleges, adding the Mirror has evidence of illegal information gathering, such as invoices for private investigators, in front of it. Harry told the court he believes articles about his relationship with Caroline Flack, the late television presenter, were obtained by phone hacking. Harry says it was “hurtful” to read stories that appeared gleeful about his break up with Chelsy Davy. The Mirror Group, represented by Andrew Green, said there was not a single item of evidence to show phone hacking. He says phone hacking has been done on an “industrial scale” across at least three of the papers – and says any decision with his claim, he would “feel some injustice if it wasn’t accepted”. Harry told the court he would feel “some injustice” if his claim against MGN is unsuccessful. Here’s a round up of the day’s key events: The Duke of Sussex fought back tears late in the session as his barrister David Sherborne reflected on the damage caused by press intrusion. The litigation against Mirror Group Newspapers has concluded for the day with Prince Harry finishing his evidence and former royal editor for the Mirror, Jane Kerr, starting hers.
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