LONDON: Journalists at Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World told police hunting for a missing schoolgirl in 2002 they had accessed her phone’s voicemail messages, a London court heard yesterday, as prosecutors focused in on the case at the heart of the trial.
Stuart Kuttner, then managing editor of the tabloid, contacted Surrey Police investigating the disappearance of Milly Dowler to say they had details of her voicemails, according to testimony the prosecution gave to show Kuttner was aware of the phone-hacking. Dowler was later found murdered.
The paper later ran a story quoting the messages, the court was told, and police took no action at the time.
Kuttner is accused of conspiracy to illegally access voicemails on mobile phones alongside former editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, who both have close links to Prime Minister David Cameron. They deny the charges.
REUTERS
