even if some of the journalists are scumbags that behave appallingly everyone gets tarred with the same brush and legislated against.
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Page last updated at 17:22 GMT, Monday, 18 March 2013
MP’s stolen phone accessed by Sun
The Sun newspaper has apologised in the High Court for accessing private information on a stolen mobile phone belonging to a Labour MP.
Police told Siobhain McDonagh her text messages had been accessed after her phone was stolen in October 2010.
The Sun, which has not admitted the theft of the phone itself, is to pay the MP “very substantial damages”.
The court has heard “possibly hundreds” of new claimants are seeking damages from the now defunct News of the World.
The hearing is the latest in a series before Mr Justice Vos relating to civil damages claims brought by people from all walks of life over the phone-hacking scandal.