Former Daily Mail editor tells trial he stopped use of private investigators
Summary
Paul Dacre, the former editor of the Daily Mail, testified in a privacy trial that he stopped the use of private investigators for unlawful news gathering. This trial involves seven people, including Prince Harry and Sir Elton John, who are suing the publisher for privacy violations. Dacre stated he ended these practices when he became aware of them and denied allegations of phone hacking by the paper's journalists.Key Facts
- Paul Dacre was editor of the Daily Mail and later became editor-in-chief of its parent company, DMG Media Ltd.
- He testified in a court case involving privacy breach allegations against Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL), the publisher of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday.
- Seven people, including Prince Harry, are suing ANL for "grave breaches of privacy."
- Dacre said he stopped unlawful newsgathering once he found out about it.
- He banned his journalists from using private investigators in 2007.
- He denied that he knew about any phone hacking, which was claimed to have been done by a third-party hacker for story leads.
- Emails in court showed past exchanges about stories involving possibly hacked information, but Dacre claimed these were not linked to the Daily Mail.
- Dacre had previously defended ANL’s practices during the Leveson Inquiry into press standards in 2012.
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