News of the World ‘a force for good’, Payne tells hacking trial

The mother of murdered Sarah Payne gave evidence in the phone hacking trial and said the News of the World had been a “force for good”.

Sara Payne said former editor Rebekah Brooks and retired managing editor Stuart Kuttner had lent their personal support after her daughter, 8, was abducted and murdered in 2000.

She told jurors at the Old Bailey how Brooks was at the “forefront” of the long-running Sarah’s Law campaign to protect other children from predatory paedophiles in the future.