Murdoch hacking case

Daniel Morgan murder report censored
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Daniel Morgan murder report censored

Daniel Morgan was killed with an axe in 1987. Socialist Worker has long argued that the murder and its cover-up lies at the heart of the phone hacking scandal and much more. The police admitted to corruption in the first of the investigations into the murder.
25 May 2021
Press regulation would only protect rich and powerful
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Press regulation would only protect rich and powerful

The Tories and press barons got their way last week.
14 May 2018
Murdoch’s newspapers paid for spook on spook crime
The Troublemaker

Murdoch’s newspapers paid for spook on spook crime

Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers apologised in court and agreed to pay damages to a former army officer whose computer and emails were hacked.
10 October 2017
Who killed Daniel Morgan? Corrupt cops, journalists and a south London murder
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Who killed Daniel Morgan? Corrupt cops, journalists and a south London murder

Daniel Morgan was murdered on 10 March 1987. His body was found in a car park in south London.
23 May 2017
Mazher Mahmood found guilty but tougher questions remain about the ‘Fake Sheikh’
The Troublemaker

Mazher Mahmood found guilty but tougher questions remain about the ‘Fake Sheikh’

Mazher Mahmood, known as the “Fake Sheikh”, has been found guilty of conspiring to pervert the course of justice.
11 October 2016
Court rules for Tommy Sheridan against the Murdoch press
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Court rules for Tommy Sheridan against the Murdoch press

Media baron Rupert Murdoch failed last week in his bid to overturn Scottish socialist Tommy Sheridan’s 2006 defamation victory against the now defunct News of the World newspaper.
23 August 2016
The Daniel Morgan Murder gets a 10-part podcast serial
Reviews & Culture

The Daniel Morgan Murder gets a 10-part podcast serial

Alastair Morgan speaks to journalist and screenwriter Peter Jukes about the murder of his brother Daniel Morgan.
09 February 2016
Expenses for lazy Lords and honours for Tory cronies
The Troublemaker

Expenses for lazy Lords and honours for Tory cronies

Hundreds of thousands of pounds in allowances were paid during 2015 to peers who went through the year without ever contributing in the House of Lords.
05 January 2016
Joy for Murdoch and Morgan as hacking cases are halted
The Troublemaker

Joy for Murdoch and Morgan as hacking cases are halted

Evidence at the trials of Sun journalists showed that Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper group prompted the police investigation into payments by its own papers. It did so because it wanted to escape a corporate prosecution for corruption. It has got its way.
15 December 2015
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Don’t bask in the Sun

The Sun has had a good couple of weeks. First there was the home movie of the royals giving Nazi salutes. Now there’s a video of unexplained origin of a Lord cavorting—as they like to put it—with white powder and women who work as prostitutes.
28 July 2015
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Andy Coulson ‘knew about hacking’ court hears

David Cameron’s former spin doctor Andy Coulson knew that voicemails on murdered teenager Milly Dowler’s phone had been intercepted, a court heard last week.
26 May 2015
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News in brief

Bedroom tax reversal after court ruling | Kingsley Burrell's family calls for inquiry | Daily Mirror did hack phones | Case of spying on Christopher Alder family
26 May 2015
From the archive: Fake Sheikh’s connections with crooked cops exposed
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From the archive: Fake Sheikh’s connections with crooked cops exposed

With the 'Fake Sheikh' in the news, this article from our 2014 archive is well worth re-visiting
18 November 2014
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‘Sun payouts needed Brooks’ approval’

A damning internal email shows former Sun editor Rebekah Brooks approved all cash payments to public officials.
11 November 2014
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Reviews & Culture

Hack Attack

For a moment it looked as though Rupert Murdoch’s international media empire might be on the brink of collapse. The political pillars of the establishment looked shaky. In the summer of 2011 there was uproar over revelations that the Murdoch-owned tabloid News of the World had hacked the voicemail messages of Milly Dowler, a 13...
01 October 2014
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Rebekah Brooks ignored corruption fears over Daniel Morgan case

Former Scotland Yard detective Dave Cook has spoken about a meeting with the former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks in 2002.
22 July 2014
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News in brief

Daniel Morgan murder panel head appointed | Hillsborough inquests hear police tactics | Met told to co-operate over 'undercover' relationships | Andy Coulson jailed over hacking
08 July 2014
Hacking scandal exposes corrupt rulers behind rotten ideology
Features

Hacking scandal exposes corrupt rulers behind rotten ideology

The rotten ruling class hide behind a veneer of ideology—and the hacking scandal has torn it open, writes Simon Basketter
01 July 2014
The lives of others: the hacking trial and the establishment's corruption
Features

The lives of others: the hacking trial and the establishment’s corruption

The phone hacking trial reveals the normally hidden relationship between newspaper barons, journalists and the cops. Simon Basketter lifts the lid on the corruption at the heart of the British establishment, the cosy relationships and the abuses of power
01 July 2014
Phone hacking trial - Coulson's conviction causes a crisis for David Cameron
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Phone hacking trial – Coulson’s conviction causes a crisis for David Cameron

David Cameron and the Tories saw their cover-up of the hacking scandal come back to haunt them this week.
24 June 2014
What We Think

10 July strike is chance to take on the Tories

The Tories like nothing more than an opportunity to drive down living standards for working class people. Some 800,000 public sector jobs have been slashed since they took office.
24 June 2014
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News in-brief

Police racism not dealt with | Jury out in hacking trial | Lloyd Butler inquest begins | Asian man dies after cop stop
17 June 2014
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Tony Blair ‘advised’ Rebekah Brooks before arrest

Tony Blair offered to act as an “unofficial adviser” to Rebekah Brooks at the height of the phone hacking scandal, the Old Bailey heard last week.
25 February 2014
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Charlie Brooks ‘hid evidence’

CCTV footage of Rebekah Brooks’s husband Charlie allegedly hiding evidence relating to phone hacking has been shown to a jury.
14 January 2014