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I have now spoken to police officers who say they were misled by Murdoch's empire. I won't let this rest
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/26/i-have-now-spoken-to-police-officers-who-say-they-were-misled-by-murdochs-empire-i-wont-let-this-restI had thought this would be an apology from the US lie-spewer of Fox Newz, but it's a British equivalent where Murdoch/family have polluted the news industry for so long.
Evidence suggests an elaborate cover-up. The Met must act
Former UK prime minister makes criminal complaint against Rupert Murdoch’s media empire
he groundbreaking apology to Prince Harry from Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers (NGN) has not closed an era of investigation and litigation into media corruption. It has opened it up. Far from ending one of the most sordid chapters in British media history, it is raising fundamental, troubling and as yet unresolved questions – and today I am making a criminal complaint to the Met and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) alleging that I am, along with many others, a victim of the obstruction of the course of justice by NGN.
This is not an allegation made lightly. It is informed by recently available evidence, and by the statements of senior officers involved in the original investigations into unlawful newsgathering, who have now stated to me that they were misled.
One officer, who gave a statement to the court for Harry’s claim, has told me that they now believe there is “significant evidence” emails were deleted in a bid to pervert the course of justice. They said: “If we had known this in 2011, we would have investigated fully and taken a different course of action including considering arrests.” (NGN strenuously denies any allegations of evidence destruction.)
For some time, the public have known that over three decades, and across every continent, NGN, marching under the banner of a “free press”, invaded the private lives of thousands of innocent citizens. It now admits “unlawful activities” occurred not only at the defunct News of the World but at its flagship daily, the Sun, carried out by private investigators working for the paper between 1996 and 2011.
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This is not an allegation made lightly. It is informed by recently available evidence, and by the statements of senior officers involved in the original investigations into unlawful newsgathering, who have now stated to me that they were misled.
One officer, who gave a statement to the court for Harry’s claim, has told me that they now believe there is “significant evidence” emails were deleted in a bid to pervert the course of justice. They said: “If we had known this in 2011, we would have investigated fully and taken a different course of action including considering arrests.” (NGN strenuously denies any allegations of evidence destruction.)
For some time, the public have known that over three decades, and across every continent, NGN, marching under the banner of a “free press”, invaded the private lives of thousands of innocent citizens. It now admits “unlawful activities” occurred not only at the defunct News of the World but at its flagship daily, the Sun, carried out by private investigators working for the paper between 1996 and 2011.
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