Paul Gascoigne: ‘I’d trade my mobile in for a coffin’

Paul Gascoigne told the High Court he “would like to trade my mobile phone in for a coffin because these guys have ruined my life. I have no life.”

The former footballer said that phone hacking was linked to his alcoholism.

The 47-year-old started his evidence at the hearing in London to determine what compensation should be paid by Mirror Group Newspapers in eight representative cases by telling Mr Justice Mann that he was “fuming”.