Phone Hacking: First Serving National Newspaper Editor Arrested
Posted: 3/14/2013 | By: Josh Halliday, Roy Greenslade and Mark Sweney | The Guardian
The Sunday People editor, James Scott, has become the first serving
newspaper editor arrested over alleged phone hacking, relating to his
time at the Sunday Mirror a decade ago.
Scott was one of four former Sunday Mirror senior journalists arrested in dawn raids on Thursday on suspicion of conspiracy to intercept voicemail messages. Tina Weaver, the ex-Sunday Mirror editor who is seven months pregnant, was also arrested on Thursday morning.
Scott was one of four former Sunday Mirror senior journalists arrested in dawn raids on Thursday on suspicion of conspiracy to intercept voicemail messages. Tina Weaver, the ex-Sunday Mirror editor who is seven months pregnant, was also arrested on Thursday morning.