British police aware of Milly phone hack

Surrey Police was aware that Milly Dowler’s phone was hacked by someone working for the News of the World (NotW) in 2002, the force’s chief has said.

Chief Constable Mark Rowley said the now-closed Sunday newspaper made a call to the police operation room co-ordinating the inquiry into the schoolgirl’s disappearance in April 2002 which made it apparent it had accessed her voicemail.