Murdoch 'was told of hack email'

The former legal chief of News Group Newspapers today told MPs he was “certain” he told James Murdoch about an explosive email which proved that knowledge of phone-hacking was more widespread at the News of the World than the company had claimed.

Mr Murdoch Jr, who was then chief executive of NoW publishers News International, has previously told the Commons Culture Committee he was not aware of the notorious “For Neville” document, which blew apart the company’s stance that hacking was the fault of a single rogue reporter – former royal correspondent Clive Goodman.