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Merrick
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Re: Phone Hacking the big fat nothing
Jul 07, 2011, 22:50
A NOTW journo who did the story on Jennifer Elliot (daughter of Denholm; living on streets, drug habit, sex worker) said on Radio 4 that the info came from a police officer who got paid for it, probably 200-500 quid. He also said he feels the stories ruined her life and contributed to her suicide.

Merseyside Police recently found 200 cases of unauthorised use of material (mostly it seems for the copper's own interest rather than selling to a journo). Seven cops lost their jobs over it.
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2011/06/27/merseyside-police-officers-used-classified-records-illegally-208-times-in-three-years-100252-28946604/

If a copper who's Liverpool fan checks on Steven Gerrard's court case and that's out of line, how much worse is it if they sell info? And to a paper who will use it to make vulnerable people's lives even worse?

Whatever the NOTW have got coming, the cops involved have got coming too.

Not doing any breath-holding, though...
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