‘Unlikely’ Piers Morgan did not know of hacking

IT was “very unlikely” that former editor Piers Morgan did not know about alleged phone hacking at the Daily Mirror, the Leveson Inquiry has heard.

James Hipwell, a former financial reporter for the newspaper, told the investigation into press standards that “there wasn’t very much he didn’t know about”.

He also said that Mr Morgan’s phone had been hacked by a colleague.