Prescott seeks access to 'sealed' hacking evidence

Former British deputy prime minister John Prescott today sought to gain access to “sealed” evidence relating to allegations of phone hacking by the News of the World.

Mr Prescott said his solicitors were writing to the British Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer urging him to apply to open material which was reportedly “sealed” in a case the paper’s publishers settled with Gordon Taylor, the chief executive of the Professional Footballers Association (PFA).