Phone hacking caused Gascoigne ‘mental harm’

Ex-footballer Paul Gascoigne suffered “mental harm and distress” after his phone messages were hacked by the News of the World, the High Court was told.

Comedian Steve Coogan complained neither “the police nor the government” had been willing to hold hackers to account.

Both men were among a list of 19 celebrities and politicians whose hacking damages claims have now been settled.