Private detective arrested in phone hacking probe

POLICE probing phone hacking at Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World arrested a private investigator who was previously jailed for his role in the scandal.

Police said a 41-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of phone hacking and perverting the course of justice, with media outlets identifying him as Glenn Mulcaire.

The arrest is the 18th made by officers working on Operation Weeting, the investigation set up in January into the illegal hacking of voicemails at the paper, which was closed down in July.