Lord Justice Leveson has called on the press to give evidence on which journalists used private investigator Steve Whittamore. The judge said newspaper groups had until September 10 to reveal which of their journalists commissioned the investigator – the source of the Operation Motorman files – to obtain personal data and what happened to that… Read more »
An application made at the Leveson Inquiry to scrutinise information relating to Operation Motorman has been challenged today. On Tuesday, David Sherborne, barrister for the core participant victims in the inquiry, asked Lord Justice Leveson to consider examining which journalists used private investigator Steve Whittamore to gain information illegally, and whether data had been retained… Read more »
An application for scrutiny of the Operation Motorman material was made at the Leveson Inquiry today. David Sherborne, the barrister acting on behalf of press intrusion victims at the inquiry, asked Lord Justice Leveson to consider information uncovered by the investigation, which examined the mining of private information by private investigator Steve Whittamore. He told… Read more »
The Leveson Inquiry has heard from senior officers investigating corruption in the police force today. DCI Brendan Gilmour, who worked on Operation Glade, investigating police corruption from 2002 to 2005, said seven journalists were interviewed under caution in 2004 after evidence suggested they had been commissioning private investigators to obtain information illegally. The officer said… Read more »
by Brian Cathcart Peter Hill was editor of the Daily Express for seven years, from the end of 2003 to early 2011. Among his claims to fame is that he edited the newspaper throughout the Madeleine McCann affair in 2007-8, overseeing coverage that led to a £550,000 libel pay-out by the group and to grovelling… Read more »
by Brian Cathcart and Evan Harris Like all raw data, the Motorman Blue Book, published in a partially redacted form by Paul Staines on his Guido Fawkes blog, requires some introduction and explanation. If you consult it you might find the following guidance helpful. The Blue Book is one of four in the Motorman set… Read more »
