Leveson inquiry: NoW (Murdoch paper) accused of colluding with murder suspects

[muriel_volestrangler]

When a senior detective re-opened a notorious murder inquiry, the suspects were able to intimidate his wife and family with the help of an executive at the News of the World, the Leveson inquiry has been told.

Making one of the gravest Leveson allegations so far, former Crimewatch presenter Jacqui Hames, the then wife of Detective Chief Superintendent Dave Cook, broke down in tears as she accused the paper's then editor Rebekah Brooks of covering up the real reason why her family were targeted.

The intimidation was carried out after an offer of a £50,000 reward on Hames's Crimewatch programme for fresh information on the murder of Daniel Morgan, a partner in a private detective agency.
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She alleged that former NoW executive Alex Marunchak colluded with suspects who ran the NoW's private detective operations. They put the family under surveillance and targeted their phones for hacking. Brooks, as editor, failed to act when confronted with the evidence in 2003, Hames said, and Marunchak was even subsequently promoted.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/feb/28/leveson-inquiry-murder-suspects?newsfeed=true

[maddezmom]

1. these people are pure filth

I'd thought they(Murcoch and crew) would be history by now but the hits keep on coming and they keep on chugging along.

[maddezmom]

2. and now this: James Murdoch resigns as exec chair of News Intl

James Murdoch resigns as exec chair of News Intl

(AP) – 8 minutes ago

LONDON (AP) — James Murdoch is stepping down as executive chairman of News Corp.'s U.K. newspaper arm, the company said Wednesday.

News Corp. said James, the son of 80-year-old media scion Rupert Murdoch, has relinquished his position at News International to focus on the company's international TV business. He will remain deputy chief operating officer of News Corp.

James and his role at News International have come under scrutiny amid Britain's expanding phone-hacking scandal at Murdoch-owned titles.

The younger Murdoch has said he was unaware of any indication that hacking was rife at the company's News of the World tabloid, a claim disputed by former colleagues.

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