Sky boss: Breaking law may be needed

The head of Sky News said journalists have to consider breaking the law to “shed light” on wrongdoing as it emerged the British media regulator was launching an investigation into the broadcaster’s hacking of private email accounts.

The regulator, Ofcom, announced the investigation after Sky admitted it had accessed the accounts of back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin and his wife Anne, as well as those of a paedophile.

The watchdog said it was investigating the “fairness and privacy issues” raised by the hacking.