Barrister acting for Prince Harry and others says former editor must have known about illegal behaviour
Piers Morgan knew about illegal phone hacking when he was editor of the Daily Mirror, it has been alleged at the high court.
The first day of the phone-hacking trial initiated by Prince Harry and other well-known figures heard claims that illegal activity, including voicemail interception, was “carried out on an industrial scale” by staff at Mirror newspapers.
In one alleged incident, Morgan asked a journalist to name the source of a celebrity story and was told “the information had come from voicemails”.
In another, a witness described how Morgan was “laughing mockingly” as he entertained the Daily Mirror newsroom by repeatedly playing staff a private voicemail left by Paul McCartney for his then girlfriend, Heather Mills.
In another, a witness claimed Morgan knew the default pin codes that could be used to illegally access voicemails on different mobile phone networks.
