New allegations emerge in News of the World phone tapping case.
Amid calls of 'witch-hunt' from some pro-government commentators, the Metropolitan Police have asked the News of the World to disclose yet more materials as part of the continuing police investigation into phone-hacking at the newspaper.
The affair which began in 2005 when the paper published a story related to Prince William led to complaints by palace staff, a police investigation, the four month imprisonment of journalist Clive Goodman and the resignation of the paper's editor Andrew Coulson.
Coulson has since become the Prime Minister's media advisor and it is perhaps for this reason that a few conservative commentators are crying foul, saying the whole thing is being whipped up by the opposition.
However, many famous names have been caught up in the scanal, the latest of whom is actress Sienna Miller. She is beginning a legal action against the News Group, the News of the World’s parent company, accusing them of harassment. It is alleged that she, along with John Prescott,Tessa Jowell, Nigella Lawson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Boris Johnson, George Michael and many others had their phones illegally hacked by private investigators working for the paper. Gaining access to another person's telephone is a crime under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, carrying a potential sentence of two years imprisonment and a substantial fine.
The latest twist in the tale occurred on 5 January, 2011, when it emerged that Ian Edmondson the paper's news editor had been suspended, following the allegations made by Ms Miller. If the allegations are true it brings the affair that much closer to the door of Mr Coulson (who has always denied any knowledge of phone tapping) and adds further pressure on the Prime Minister to distance himself from a press officer who is regularly becoming the focus of the news agenda rather than directing that agenda from the sidelines.
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