INM sacking case told O’Brien’s spokesman sent ‘threatening’ texts

Former Independent News and Media executive Karl Brophy told the High Court yesterday he found a series of text messages from Denis O’Brien’s spokesman to be “bizarre and threatening”.

The messages arrived after a journalist rang Mr Brophy for reaction to formal complaints from Mr O’Brien’s spokesman, James Morrissey about negative coverage in the Independent group of newspapers about the businessman, who is the largest shareholder in INM.

Mr Morrissey had complained there were clear signs of a vendetta in INM against Mr O’Brien.