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  • February 03, 2012
  • Permalink for 'Police ask former NoW staff to help with phone-hacking probe'

    Police ask former NoW staff to help with phone-hacking probe

    Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 12:46pm UTC by Tara Conlan, Dan Sabbagh

    Operation Weeting officers ask former journalists to act as witnesses in investigation into phone hacking

    Several former News of the World staff have been called by police in the past few days to see if they are willing to act as witnesses in the investigation into phone hacking.

    Former journalists at all levels at the now-defunct News International tabloid, who have had no known involvement in phone hacking, have been asked by officers to give accounts of their time at the News of the World.

    Some have been called in the past week by officers from Operation Weeting, the Metropolitan Police unit responsible for investigating phone hacking, to see if they are willing to give a witness statement.

    The former staffers contacted say they have been asked to see the police on a voluntary basis. One of those contacted said they were told that the police were aiming to talk to as many former News of the World journalists as they could.

    Another former journalist, who asked not to be named, told MediaGuardian: "I was surprised to get the call from the police but am talking to them about what it will involve."

    The Metropolitan police declined to comment.

    Last month, News International chief executive Tom Mockridge revealed that the Met had just given the company permission to conduct interviews with News of the World staff.

    "The company has been restricted in conducting its own investigation in order to avoid prejudicing the police investigation," he told the Leveson inquiry.

    "We have, however, very recently obtained permission from the Metropolitan Police Service for Linklaters to begin its own investigative efforts in relation to the News of the World."

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    Tara ConlanDan Sabbagh
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