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Correspondent at ITV News. Specialise in Health. Also a new documentary about unlawful invasions of privacy. Tabloids On Trial, ITV1 & ITVX, 9pm Thurs 25th July
Dec 15, 2023 4 tweets 1 min read
I’ll be at the High Court this morning as we find out whether #PrinceHarry has won his claim against the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and Sunday People.

He accuses Mirror Group Newspapers of phone hacking, “blagging” and the illegal use of private investigators. Image Mirror Group Newspapers is accused of a “flood of illegality”.

Lawyers for #PrinceHarry say the illegal activity was “widespead and habitual”.

It’s claimed members of the Board and the Legal Department knew about it and tried to conceal it.
Jun 14, 2023 15 tweets 4 min read
Fiona Wightman, ex-wife of comedian Paul Whitehouse, is now giving evidence.

Mirror Group Newspapers admits unlawful information gathering - including paying a private investigator to “blag” her private medical records during her cancer treatment. But deny she was phoned hacked. Fiona Wightman says in her witness statement “I began to get door stepped by journalists and asked to talk about my cancer. I was really shocked as I considered it private and didn't at any point give my story to the press.”
Jun 6, 2023 21 tweets 4 min read
Prince Harry arrives at the High Court to give evidence in his hacking case against Mirror Group Newspapers.

The first time in 130 years a senior Royal has appeared in a court witness box.

And promises to be box office… I’m off to get my seat in court! #PrinceHarry #Hacking Prince Harry was quiet and sounded nervous as he stated his name “Prince Harry” and swore an oath on the bible in the witness box
Jun 5, 2023 10 tweets 2 min read
Sitting in a packed courtroom as barristers are about to begin opening speeches dealing with #PrinceHarry case against Mirror Group Newspapers.

The publisher is accused of “widespread and habitual” phone hacking and blagging causing him “huge bouts of depression and paranoia” Prince Harry is due at court tomorrow - the first time in more than a century that a senior Royal will enter the witness box
May 15, 2023 5 tweets 1 min read
Day 4 of #PrinceHarry v Mirror Group Newspapers.

We’re hearing evidence from Dan Evans, former Sunday Mirror journalist. He was previously convicted of phone hacking at News of the World. In his witness statement he describes his ‘“Corporate Grooming” by MGN, in my twenties, into its world of unethical and illegal journalism’
May 11, 2023 8 tweets 2 min read
It’s Day Two of Prince Harry v Mirror Group Newspapers and Barrister David Sherborne is continuing his opening #PrinceHarry Prince Harry’s barrister says one of the “most seriously troubling features” of this case is those at the highest level of MGN management “were well aware of what was going on”.
May 10, 2023 12 tweets 3 min read
From Coronation to Courtroom…

Prince Harry is not here at the Royal Courts of Justice today but he’s at the heart of this civil trial: a crucial flank of his crusade against British tabloids

Today’s target: MGN - publisher of Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror & Sunday People Image The papers are accused of unlawful information-gathering: things like voicemail interception, the obtaining of private information by deception - aka “blagging” - and the use of private investigators for unlawful activities.
Apr 26, 2023 7 tweets 2 min read
Here’s what we learnt on Day Two of Duke of Sussex v NGN hearing…

#PrinceHarry was watching on a video-link from LA as more shocking details about alleged hacking and blagging at The Sun and News of The World were revealed in court documents. It’s alleged in the mid-90s The Sun was even intercepting the phone calls and messages of Charles, now King Charles, and Camilla, now Queen Consort.
Apr 25, 2023 25 tweets 5 min read
Back at the High Court for another explosive Prince Harry court case against the tabloids - this time it’s The Sun and the News of the World #PrinceHarry #RoyalFamily Prince Harry is not here at the High Court today - but his presence looms large in the British judicial system right now. This is the latest in a series of legal battles against tabloid newspapers