James Murdoch contacted about hacking back in 2008

NEWLY published emails show that News International boss James Murdoch was sent details in 2008 of claims that phone-hacking was “rife” at the News of the World.

But Murdoch told the House of Commons Culture Committee, which is investigating the scandal, that he did not read the email exchange forwarded to him by the paper’s then editor Colin Myler.

In an email dated Saturday June 7 2008, Myler requested a meeting with Murdoch to discuss the case being brought against the paper by Professional Footballers Association chief executive Gordon Taylor over claims that reporters had eavesdropped on his messages.