Supreme Court Justice Timothy Fancourt found that Phone hacking It was “widespread and common” in many newspapers Mirror over many years and that private investigators “were embedded in the system” to collect information illegally.
Fancourt said that executives at Newspapers They knew about this practice and covered it up, according to the Associated Press.
Fancourt found that 15 of the 33 newspaper articles under consideration at trial were compiled with the help of illegal means.
And he sought Prince Harrythe Duke of Sussex, to receive £440,000 ($560,000) as part of his campaign against the British media, as he overcame his family's long-standing aversion to litigation by becoming the first senior member of the royal family to testify in court in more than a century.
It led to the appearance of Harry, the king's youngest son Charles IIIOn the witness stand over two days in June, he created a sensational scene when he made allegations that Mirror Group newspapers had hired journalists to eavesdrop on messages. voice mail She hired private investigators to use deception and illegal means to eavesdrop on him and other family members.
Harry confirmed before the Supreme Court: “I believe that phone hacking was widespread across at least 3 newspapers at that time…there is no doubt about it.”
