Prince Harry's lawyer demands criminal probe into The Sun after 'monumental' High Court victory
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Prince Harry has won a “monumental victory” over the tabloid press, his lawyer said outside the High Court, as he called for a fresh police investigation into Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. David Sherborne suggested one of Murdoch’s key lieutenants, Rebekah Brooks, had overseen a “criminal enterprise” while editor of The Sun.
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And he hailed Harry for doggedly pursuing his case against News Group Newspapers (NGN) all the way to a trial, refusing earlier settlements and risking millions of pounds in his pursuit of “truth and accountability”. Mr Sherborne, addressing reporters outside court, said NGN’s apology represented “vindication for the hundreds of other claimants who were strong-armed into settling, without being able to get to the truth of what was done to them.”.
NGN has steadfastly refused for years to accept that there was any unlawful activity at The Sun newspaper. Wrongdoing at the News of the World was accepted after the phone hacking scandal blew up in 2011. But in hundreds of settlements with the rich and famous, The Sun’s integrity has been protected.
In his statement, Mr Sherborne – who has represented Harry throughout the legal war with NGN – said the new admission of wrongdoing at The Sun between 1996 and 2011, including a long period when Mrs Brooks was editor between 2003 and 2009, meant the scandal was not a “relic of a distant past”.
