Summary
A former Daily Mail journalist, Stephen Wright, is denying claims that he paid private investigators for information about the murder of Stephen Lawrence, a case from 1993. Baroness Doreen Lawrence, Stephen Lawrence's mother, has accused Wright and the newspaper publisher of using illegal methods to gather information, including phone tapping. The case is part of a larger lawsuit involving other public figures against the newspaper's publisher for privacy breaches.
Key Facts
- Stephen Wright used to work as an investigative reporter for the Daily Mail.
- Baroness Doreen Lawrence accuses Wright and the Daily Mail of using illegal methods to gather information.
- The accusations include paying private investigators and phone tapping.
- Wright called these allegations "utter nonsense" and defended his efforts to help the Lawrence family.
- The privacy case is against Associated Newspapers Limited, the Daily Mail's publisher.
- Baroness Lawrence and others, like Prince Harry, are suing ANL for serious privacy violations.
- The Daily Mail previously campaigned for justice in the Stephen Lawrence case.
- Gavin Burrows, a private investigator, initially claimed involvement in phone tapping for the Mail but later retracted his statement.
