Murdoch to pay Milly Dowler’s family €3.5m

THE owners of the now-defunct News of the World will pay about €3.5 million (£3m) to the family of the murdered girl at the centre of the phone-hacking scandal, reports said yesterday.

Milly Dowler’s family will receive €2.3m and News International will also make a donation of €1.15m to charity as part of the settlement.

A News International spokesman confirmed the company “was in advanced negotiations with the Dowler family regarding their compensation settlement.