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Absolutely yes, as in other countries.
Nurse arrested for murdering babies
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Absolutely yes, as in other countries.
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That doesn't make it right, which is my point.
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Interested in the nurse, maybe. But her family are entitled to their privacy.
Imagine you committed a crime and they go and dig up information about your family, talk to your neighbour who you trust etc. It's not fair and isn't right.
I can buy the argument that the woman who has been found guilty should be looked at (even if I think she should have anonymity) but the families shouldn't be in the spotlight, they haven't done anything.
I recall a similar argument when they were hacking the phones of relatives of Millie Dowler. It was in the public interest they said. Nonsense.
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No they didn't say that, they denied it.
You don't half make stuff up
Also have you got a link to 'these other countries' and what they do?
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No they didn't say that, they denied it.
You don't half make stuff up
They denied doing it at the time and then claimed it was in the public interest when they were questioned later on.
Man of Honour
Proof?
Nothing here at all on Google - https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=m...FGIYDwgIIECEYFhgeGB3CAgQQIRgV&sclient=gws-wiz
Again making stuff up.
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"The hacking of Milly Dowler's phone was not a bad thing for a well-meaning journalist to do," McMullan told the gobsmacked inquiry.
"We were doing our best to find the little girl. The police are utterly incompetent and should be ashamed that the killer was allowed to carry on."
McMullan also defended phone hacking as a "perfectly acceptable tool if all we were doing is trying to get to the truth".
Hacking Milly Dowler's Phone 'Not a Bad Thing to do', Ex-NOTW Hack Tells Leveson
Paul McMullan, who worked for the News of The World, also told the Leveson inquiry his former bosses are the "scum of journalism".
www.ibtimes.co.uk
Man of Honour
"The hacking of Milly Dowler's phone was not a bad thing for a well-meaning journalist to do," McMullan told the gobsmacked inquiry.
"We were doing our best to find the little girl. The police are utterly incompetent and should be ashamed that the killer was allowed to carry on."
McMullan also defended phone hacking as a "perfectly acceptable tool if all we were doing is trying to get to the truth".
Hacking Milly Dowler's Phone 'Not a Bad Thing to do', Ex-NOTW Hack Tells Leveson
Paul McMullan, who worked for the News of The World, also told the Leveson inquiry his former bosses are the "scum of journalism".
OK I'll give you that one person speaking at an enquiry however the people in charge didn't own up as such.
This was one journalists thoughts/testimony.
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He went on to work as a features journalist at the now-defunct News of the World between 1994 and 2001, briefly becoming deputy features editor in 2000.
Paul McMullan (journalist) - Wikipedia
So I'd say he was pretty important but that's just me.
You accused me of 'making stuff up'. You were wrong but I won't hold it against you.
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"The hacking of Milly Dowler's phone was not a bad thing for a well-meaning journalist to do," McMullan told the gobsmacked inquiry.
"We were doing our best to find the little girl. The police are utterly incompetent and should be ashamed that the killer was allowed to carry on."
McMullan also defended phone hacking as a "perfectly acceptable tool if all we were doing is trying to get to the truth".
Hacking Milly Dowler's Phone 'Not a Bad Thing to do', Ex-NOTW Hack Tells Leveson
Paul McMullan, who worked for the News of The World, also told the Leveson inquiry his former bosses are the "scum of journalism".
Memory loss?
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And that is what McMullan said. "No bad thing".
Caporegime
You said they hacked her families phones. He was talking about her phone.
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They did...
In court papers presented last November and seen by the website Byline Investigates and now the BBC, it is alleged the Sunday People hired the private investigation firm Starbase to target the Dowler family 18 years ago.
At that time Milly, 13, was missing and her disappearance was a major national news story.
In 2011 serial killer Levi Bellfield was convicted of her murder.
The claimants allege the Dowlers were also put under surveillance and that Starbase was involved in phone hacking and other unlawful information gathering.
Milly Dowler’s family ‘was targeted’ by Sunday People
Court papers suggest the tabloid may have targeted the mobile phone of the murdered schoolgirl.
www.bbc.co.uk
Caporegime
They did...
In court papers presented last November and seen by the website Byline Investigates and now the BBC, it is alleged the Sunday People hired the private investigation firm Starbase to target the Dowler family 18 years ago.
At that time Milly, 13, was missing and her disappearance was a major national news story.
In 2011 serial killer Levi Bellfield was convicted of her murder.
The claimants allege the Dowlers were also put under surveillance and that Starbase was involved in phone hacking and other unlawful information gathering.
Milly Dowler’s family ‘was targeted’ by Sunday People
Court papers suggest the tabloid may have targeted the mobile phone of the murdered schoolgirl.www.bbc.co.uk
They're allegations. Was it proven?
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Man of Honour
and I apologised for that because you found something but this is one bloke who gave testimony and then went on to another job.
The bosses never made such claims.
You typed "They denied doing it at the time and then claimed it was in the public interest when they were questioned later on", this was one person claiming it had been done.
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Who worked at the NOTW whilst they were hacking phones and was questioned about it at the Leveson Inquiry. That’s clearly “they”
Man of Honour
Well yes, Sam Smith has proved one person can be called 'they'.
It makes a good read, basically everybody except McMullan had their hands over their eyes, ears and mouth - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_International_phone_hacking_scandal
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In which countries do newspapers only publish stories about convicted criminals?
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There are plenty of countries that give anonymity whilst people are being investigated.
The parents aren't being investigated for anything AFAIK so what does that have to do with this?