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The latest on phone tapping allegations

Posted by The Newsroom on July 09, 2009 at 19:55PM

Police are ruling out a fresh investigation into claims phones owned by politicians and celebrities were routinely hacked into by News of the World journalists.

Police are ruling out a fresh investigation into claims phones owned by politicians and celebrities were routinely hacked into by News of the World journalists. The Guardian alleges private investigators were hired to access voicemail messages. But Scotland Yard says no new evidence has emerged since an enquiry that led to two men being jailed in 2007. Tom Cheal reported for the Nightly News.

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