NOTW reporters 'routinely hacked'

News of the World reporters routinely hacked people’s voicemails and did so because it was in the public interest, a former journalist at the now-defunct paper said today.

NOTW reporters 'routinely hacked'

News of the World reporters routinely hacked people’s voicemails and did so because it was in the public interest, a former journalist at the now-defunct paper said today.

Paul McMullan, who worked at the paper for seven years, told the Leveson Inquiry that editors were aware voicemails were being hacked, but threw reporters “to the wolves” by denying they knew anything about it.

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