UK - The mother of a murdered child who became the face of a News of the World campaign to change British sex-offender laws says she was on the list of a private investigator who hacked phones for the tabloid— a development that is likely to generate more scrutiny for Rebekah Brooks, the former News Corp. executive who edited the paper at the time.
The mother of a murdered child who became the face of a News of the World campaign to change British sex-offender laws said she may have had her voice mails hacked. Paul Sonne also reports that James Murdoch will remain Chairman of BSkyB.
Sara Payne, in a prepared statement, said Thursday that police had found her details on a list seized from Glenn Mulcaire, the private investigator who worked for the now-closed News of the World and intercepted mobile-phone voice mails. Ms. Payne is the mother of Sarah Payne, an eight-year-old British girl who was abducted and murdered in July 2000 by a man who had a previous conviction for abduction and sexual assault against a child. (more)
