Remarkable Story Of How Nick Ferrari Was Hacked

25 June 2014, 09:06 | Updated: 1 September 2016, 11:09

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Nick Ferrari told LBC listeners the remarkable story of how his phone was hacked.

The LBC Breakfast host was informed by police that the News Of The World had hacked his mobile when he was considering running for Mayor of London.

Unknown to anyone, Mr Ferrari had started divorce proceedings, so when he was seen with a woman that wasn't his wife while on a trip to Rome, the paper wanted information.

Listen to the amazing story of what happened when the newspaper hacked one of their own columnists.

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