New Testimony Refutes James Murdoch's Claim Of Ignorance In Phone Hacking
David Taintor | September 6, 2011, 10:55AM
Former News International executives on Tuesday undermined James Murdoch's claim that he was unaware of phone hacking at the now-defunct News of the World tabloid.
Tom Crone, formerly News of the World's legal manager, told a House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee that he is "certain" James Murdoch knew of an email that implicated several reporters in phone hacking, the Guardian reports.
"It was clear evidence that phone-hacking was taking place beyond Clive Goodman," Crone told the committee, according to the BBC. "It was the reason that we had to settle the case. And in order to settle the case we had to explain the case to Mr. Murdoch and get his authority to settle."
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