NOTW hacking probe 'not a lynch mob'

The British parliamentary committee tasked with quizzing Rebekah Brooks and Rupert and James Murdoch over their roles in the phone hacking scandal should not act as a “lynch mob”, its chairman said today.

Conservative MP John Whittingdale said he hoped his 10-strong Culture, Media and Sport Committee would be “calm” at Tuesday’s meeting but not “let them off”.