The mother of murdered schoolgirl Sarah Payne was left "absolutely devastated" after being told she may have been targeted by a private investigator who hacked phones on behalf of the News of the World, a friend has said.

THE mother of the murdered schoolgirl Sarah Payne was left “absolutely devastated” after being told by police that her phone may have been hacked by a private investigator used by the News of the World, a friend said yesterday.

The mother of the murdered schoolgirl Sarah Payne was left “absolutely devastated” after being told by police that her phone may have been hacked by a private investigator used by the News of the World, a friend said today.

The mother of the murdered schoolgirl Sarah Payne was left “absolutely devastated” after being told by police that her phone may have been hacked by a private investigator used by the News of the World, a friend said today.

The sister of critically ill Sara Payne said tonight her sibling was “a fighter, not a quitter”.