Um... Did You Guys Know That Murdoch Hired An Axe-Murderer As An Investigator ???

[WillyT]

Detective in axe murder to sue Murdoch paper for harassment
13-Jul-11, 12:48 PM | A Reuters Exclusive

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LONDON - A former Scotland Yard detective plans to sue publishers of the News of the World for harassment and hacking his phone while he was investigating a high-profile axe murder, their lawyer said on Tuesday.

Mark Lewis, a lawyer for the policeman, Dave Cook, and for his wife Jacqui Hames, told Reuters he believed the planned suit against News Group Newspapers would be the first action against the now-defunct weekly for the physical trailing and electronic surveillance of a police officer by journalists working for it.

The case is particularly sensitive for the paper, since the man accused of the axe murder, in 1987, later worked for the News of the World as an investigator.

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The alleged harassment occurred when Cook was leading an investigation into the murder of Daniel Morgan, for which Jonathan Rees, Morgan's then business partner, was later charged. Morgan was found dead with an axe embedded in his head in a pub car park in south London in 1987. Investigated for 24 years, it became one of Britain's longest murder inquiries.

Rees has emerged as a key figure in the News of the World affair because former editor Andy Coulson has been reported to have hired him as an investigator in 2005.

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Link: http://interaksyon.com/article/8384/detective-in-axe-murder-to-sue-murdoch-paper-for-harassment

:wow:

:shrug:

[sakabatou]

1. O.o

[TheWraith]

2. A better question is, is anyone really surprised? nt

[malaise]

3. Murdoch and his goons are terrorists

Send them to Gitmo

[Ikonoklast]

11. What do you have against those poor souls already there?

Being in prison with the Murdoch bunch, now that would be torture.

[malaise]

13. LOL

:rofl:

[dipsydoodle]

4. Jonathon Rees was acquited

so who was the axe murderer who is referred too.

Or - are you saying that despite the fact he was acquited you consider he was in fact guilty ?

:shrug:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

6. Being found not guilty of something only means that there wasn't enough evidence to find him guilty.

It does not mean that person is innocent of anything.
Look at OJ.
Duckie

[dipsydoodle]

8. I can only assume

that US and English laws differ.

[Pacifist Patriot]

12. Headline to the OP should say "accused axe-murderer" or something similar.

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. CHIMO posted about this back in March

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4766631

and Snoutport in June:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php/?az=view_all&address=102x4878200

and denem over a week ago:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1428194

Of course, the trial against him collapsed, so officially he is still innocent of being an axe-murderer. But I'd love to know why the trial collapsed.

[Kablooie]

7. "Axe-Murderer". That's something you don't expect to hear outside of Hollywood.

[bananas]

9. That was a Mike Myers movie - "So I Hired An Axe Murderer"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108174/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_I_Married_an_Axe_Murderer
http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTY3OTY0NzYzMV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMDc2MjYxMQ@@._V1._SY317_CR5,0,214,317_.jpg

[dipsydoodle]

10. This is more interesting than I'd realised

In finding out who Rees who I'd never heard of was I came across this :

When the Daily Mirror wanted the private mortgage details of all the governors of the Bank of England, Rees delivered.

When the Sunday Mirror wanted to get inside the bank accounts of Prince Edward and the Countess of Wessex, it was equally easy, as the bug recorded:

Courtesy of The Guardian.

It's been discussed over the past week that at least the Mirror Group were at it too and The Guardian had already published proof. Its the Mirror Group who've made the sole accusation about 9/11 hacking.

[eShirl]

14. Makes perfect sense; NOTW was known for hatchet jobs.

ba-doom

[Lint Head]

15. Yep. He got a murderer elected, as in George W Bush.