NOTW reporter to fight unfair dismissal claim ‘to the end’

FORMER News of the World chief reporter Neville Thurlbeck has insisted he took “no part” in the matter which led to his sacking.

Mr Thurlbeck, who was arrested in April by Scotland Yard detectives investigating phone hacking at the now-defunct Sunday tabloid, was fired earlier this month.

In a strongly-worded statement, he vowed to fight his unfair dismissal claim against publishers News International “to the end”.