Celebrity hacking victims must be named, says judge

GLENN MULCAIRE, the private detective at the centre of the News of the World phone hacking affair, must identify 17 celebrities on a “target list” whose voicemails are thought to have been intercepted, a judge has ruled.

He will have to give more information to alleged victims and cannot claim the privilege of self-incrimination, the judge ruled yesterday. Mulcaire has the right to appeal.

This will mean that Mulcaire will have to name who asked for information about voicemail numbers and who received the information, according to lawyers representing the alleged victims.