Murdoch may face hacking probe

RUPERT MURDOCH could be called as a witness to the Leveson inquiry into press standards, it was hinted yesterday.

As former tabloid editor Piers Morgan gave evidence about a conversation he had with the News Corporation boss, Robert Jay QC, counsel to the inquiry, said: “I’m not asking you for his recollection. I can ask him for his recollection when we get there.”

Morgan yesterday told the Leveson inquiry that he “did not believe” he had listened to illegally obtained voice messages.