Steve Coogan wins court order forcing Glenn Mulcaire to reveal who ordered hacking at the News of the World
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News | 22 November 2011
The Court has ordered that the News of the World investigator Glenn Mulcaire must identify who at the News of the World instructed him to intercept mobile phone voicemails. Schillings clients Steve Coogan and Andy Gray originally won an order on 25 February that Glenn Mulcaire provide this information when Mr Justice Vos ordered that the answers be given. Glenn Mulcaire had sought to appeal this order on the grounds of relevance. The Court of Appeal has refused Glenn Mulcaire permission to appeal this order and he must now answer the questions.
Commenting on the latest development Steve Coogan said:
After 6 months of refusing to answer these questions I am pleased that Glen Mulcaire has now finally been ordered to say who at the News of the World asked him to hack the mobile phones of Max Clifford, Sky Andrew, Gordon Taylor, Simon Hughes MP, Elle McPherson and Jo Armstrong.
Whilst I am pleased with this latest development I remain frustrated by Mr Mulcaire's refusal to answer questions about who authorised him to unlawfully access my voicemail messages and will continue to press for these answers.
Mr Coogan's solicitor John Kelly of Schillings said that this was a very significant development as Mulcaire will now have to identify exactly who at the News of the World asked him to access the mobile phones of the named individuals and who he provided the information to at the News of the World. Mr Mulcaire is due to provide these answers by the end of the month and we await his answers with interest.
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