UK Tabloid 'Hacked Murdered Teen's Phone'

July 05, 2011 from Al Jazeera English

British tabloid newspaper News of the World made all the wrong headlines in past when it apparently hacked the phones of celebrities and politicians. But the newspaper has now been accused of hacking into the phone of a murdered British school girl Milly Dowler, shortly after she went missing in 2002. David Cameron, the British prime minister, has urged police to "investigate vigorously" the new allegations. Now, the teenager's family has joined the long queue of politicians and celebrities seeking justice from News International, the owner of the tabloid. Al Jazeera's Victoria Eastwood reports.

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NI Group Limited is a British newspaper publisher, and a wholly owned subsidiary of News Corporation. It is the current publisher of The Times, The Sunday Times and The Sun newspapers and its former publications include the Today, News of the World and The London Paper newspap... Explore this topic

News of the World

The News of the World was a national red top newspaper published in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011. It was at one time the biggest selling English language newspaper in the world, and at closure still had one of the highest English language circulations. Originally estab... Explore this topic

News of the World phone hacking affair

The News International phone-hacking scandal — dubbed "Hackgate", "Rupertgate", or "Murdochgate" by the press — is an ongoing controversy involving the now defunct News of the World and other British newspapers published by News International, a subsidiary of News Corporation.... Explore this topic

Tabloid

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Andy Coulson

Andrew Edward Coulson is an English journalist and political strategist. Coulson was the editor of the News of the World from 2003 until his resignation in 2007, following the conviction of one of the newspaper's reporters in relation to illegal phone-hacking. He subsequently ... Explore this topic

Rupert Murdoch

Keith Rupert Murdoch, AC, KSG is an Australian American media mogul. Murdoch became managing director of Australia's News Limited, inherited from his father, in 1952. He is the founder, Chairman and CEO of global media holding company News Corporation, the world's second-large... Explore this topic

Rebekah Brooks

Rebekah Mary Brooks is a British journalist and former newspaper editor. She was Chief Executive Officer of News International from 2009 to 2011, having previously served as the youngest editor of a British national newspaper at News of the World from 2000 to 2003, and the fir... Explore this topic

Politician

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Celebrity

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Murder of Amanda Dowler

Amanda Jane "Milly" Dowler was a 13-year-old English girl who was abducted on her way home from school in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, on 21 March 2002, and subsequently murdered. Her body was discovered on 18 September 2002. On 23 June 2011, Levi Bellfield was found guilty of Do... Explore this topic

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