Murdoch pays £2m to murdered schoolgirl’s family
News International and the family of Milly Dowler confirmed the settlement in a joint statement. It said Murdoch also will donate £1m to charities chosen by the Dowler family, including youth and cancer research groups.
Murdoch shut down the 168-year-old News of the World in July, after evidence emerged that its reporters had eavesdropped on the telephone voicemail messages of 13-year-old Milly, who disappeared in 2002 and was later found murdered.
