Surrey Police knew of Milly Dowler phone hacking in 2002

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Source: BBC News

Surrey Police knew Milly Dowler's phone had been hacked by someone working for the News of the World (NoW) in 2002, the force's chief constable has said.

Mark Rowley said the paper made a call to them in April 2002 which made it apparent it had accessed her voicemail.

In a letter to the Commons culture committee into the phone hacking scandal he said the priority at the time was to find the missing girl.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-15393892

[UpInArms]

1. well, now - obviously - to you - that makes the hacking

a-okay!

[Stuart G]

2. UK Police Knew as Early As 2002 of Phone Hacking

Source: AP, Sidney Morning Herald


Raphael Satter
October 21, 2011 .
AP

Authorities knew that Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tabloid had hacked into the phone of murdered teenager Milly Dowler nine years before the scandal over the practice exploded, an English police chief says.

Surrey Police Chief Constable Mark Rowley acknowledged that his force knew as far back as April 2002 that someone linked to the News of the World had accessed Dowler's voicemail, although he said it wasn't yet clear why no one was prosecuted over the practice.

He said an inquiry team "is currently looking into why this was the case", he said in a letter to MPs disclosed on Thursday.
The disclosure that police were aware that the girl's phone had been hacked and took no action may raise new questions about how police have handled the scandal investigation.


Read more: http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/uk-police-knew-of-phone-hacking-in-2002-20111021-1masa.html