Madeleine McCann's parents seek phone hacking probe role
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Madeleine McCann's parents seek phone hacking probe role
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Madeleine McCann's parents seek phone hacking probe role
The parents of missing Madeleine McCann want to participate in the judicial inquiry into the phone hacking scandal, a preliminary hearing has been told.
They are among alleged victims who want to be "core participants" in the first part of the Leveson Inquiry.
Core participant status means a person is deemed to be specially interested in the subject and may apply for public funding for legal representation.
The inquiry's first stage will examine relations between the press and public.
The investigation is one of a number of inquiries looking at the way the media operates in the UK.
The Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee is conducting an inquiry into press standards.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister David Cameron has asked Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell to conduct a review of the media's relationship with Whitehall.
The prime minister has also asked former Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards Elizabeth Filkin to oversee a review of the media's relationship with the Metropolitan Police.
Tuesday's preliminary hearing was held to consider applications for core participant status.
'Notorious' cases
Lord Justice Leveson will decide who will get core participant status in the next few days and notify applicants in writing.
Barrister David Sherborne told the hearing that he represented a number of alleged victims of general media malpractice who wanted to be core participants, including Kate and Gerry McCann, whose daughter went missing aged three on holiday in Portugal in 2007, Mr Mosley and Chris Jefferies, the former landlord of alleged murder victim Jo Yeates.
Mr Sherborne said those seeking to take part in the inquiry had been involved in "notorious" cases.
Alleged victims of phone hacking who have applied for core participant status include politicians Chris Bryant, Tessa Jowell, Denis McShane, Lord Prescott and former police officer Brian Paddick.
News International, Guardian News and Media Group, Express Newspapers and the Metropolitan Police are among other applicants who are not in the category of alleged victims.
Associated Newspapers - publishers of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday - are also expected to apply in writing in the next few days.
Improper conduct probe
Lord Justice Leveson said the inquiry would examine the relationship between the press and the public, the press and the police and the press and politicians.
Outlining the planned format for the probe, he said he would initially look into the "culture, practice and ethics" of the press.
The judge said the second stage of the inquiry would consider the extent of any improper conduct.
He said he would hold a series of preliminary hearings before a main hearing.
Lord Justice Leveson said he wanted evidence from experts and members of the public.
The judge said he expected the inquiry to last for several months and aimed to produce a report within a year
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14807261

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@ @spudgun01 @whatsupdoc2007 See #McCanns have been in court today wishing to be part of #Leveson inquiry...
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Kate and Gerry #McCann have applied for 'core participant' status in the Leveson inquiry into practices of the media. #McCanns #fraud
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BBC: #McCanns seek phone-hacking probe role despite Clarence Mitchell claiming they weren't hacked. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14807261 #McCann
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The parents of missing Madeleine McCann want to participate in the judicial inquiry into the phone hacking scandal, a preliminary hearing has been told.
They are among alleged victims who want to be "core participants" in the first part of the Leveson Inquiry.
Core participant status means a person is deemed to be specially interested in the subject and may apply for public funding for legal representation.

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They'll never stop, poor Britons.
Maybe they'll finally loose their status as media-darlings.

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The parents of missing Madeleine McCann want to participate in the judicial inquiry into the phone hacking scandal, a preliminary hearing has been told.
They are among alleged victims who want to be "core participants" in the first part of the Leveson Inquiry.
Core participant status means a person is deemed to be specially interested in the subject and may apply for public funding for legal representation.
yep, money, money, money
and attention

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According to Clarence Mitchell, the McCanns records were probed and there was no evidence of suspicious activity.........................
McCann's spokesman talks to police in phone hacking probe .
Wednesday, July 06, 2011 Leicester Mercury
The spokesman for Rothley couple Kate and Gerry McCann has confirmed he has talked to officers investigating phone hacking by journalists.
Clarence Mitchell has previously spoken of his fear that he may have been a victim of hacking attempts during the height of the case involving their missing daughter Madeleine McCann.
Clarence Mitchell, right, with Kate and Gerry McCann.
.He said he has been interviewed by officers from the hacking inquiry Operation Weeting, and is due to be interviewed a second time in the near future.
Mr Mitchell discovered "suspicious" activity on his account from February and July 2008 after asking Vodafone to examine his records late last year.
"It appears that a person or persons unknown attempted to seek information about my number in relation to the McCann case," he said.
He said another call was made to Vodafone in July 2008 from someone claiming to have received a text message warning that a third party had been trying to access their voicemail.
"When I was made aware of these circumstances late last year I informed the Metropolitan Police and detectives from Operation Weeting swiftly interviewed me."
Metropolitan police officers are investigating Mr Mitchell's phone situation and he said he is due to speak to them again in the near future.
He said the McCanns' records were also probed, but there was no evidence of suspicious activity.
Mr Mitchell has not pointed the finger at any organisation, but said he would be "naive" not to think attempts to get information from his phone were linked to journalists.
http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/McCann-s-spokesman-talks-police-phone-hacking/story-12890731-detail/story.html

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candyfloss wrote:According to Clarence Mitchell, the McCanns records were probed and there was no evidence of suspicious activity.........................
Why should that stop the fame-hungry scamsters?

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The parents of Madeleine McCann and a host of celebrities and politicians want a key role in the hacking inquiry, the judge leading it was told yesterday.
By Tom Whitehead, Home Affairs Editor
7:00AM BST 07 Sep 2011
Gerry and Kate McCann are among a list of high profile individuals, including former Formula One boss Max Mosley and Lord (John) Prescott who have applied to be “core participants” in the Leveson Inquiry.
More than a hundred others, including Sienna Miller, Hugh Grant, Steve Coogan and Paul Gascoigne are currently deciding whether to formally apply but want their evidence heard, their lawyers said.
Being a core participant will give them the right to be legally represented and potentially testify at the hearings.
And it emerged they could also be eligible to have their legal costs funded by the taxpayer, despite some earning millions of pounds a year.
The year-long inquiry, headed by Lord Justice Leveson, will look at the wider issue of press practices and ethics and its relationship with the public, police and politicians as well as the specific issue of alleged phone hacking.
The McCanns, along with Mr Mosley and Chris Jefferies, the former landlord of alleged murder victim Jo Yeates, have applied to be core participants because they were the victims of “notorious” cases, rather than phone hacking.
Alleged hacking victims who have also applied include Lord Prescott and MPs Chris Bryant and Tessa Jowell.
Chris Shipman, the son of mass murderer Harold, and lawyer Mark Lewis also want a key role.
Others who have applied or are considering applying include former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks, former senior Metropolitan Police officer John Yates, News International, the Guardian newspaper, Express Newspapers, Association Newspapers and the Metropolitan Police.
Lord Justice Leveson will decide “within days” who is granted “core participant” status before deciding who is eligible for public funding.
He also outlined the format planned for the inquiry which will initially look into the "culture, practice and ethics" of the press and then, in a second stage, into the extent of any improper conduct.
The judge said he would hold a series of preliminary hearings before a main hearing.
He said the inquiry would examine the relationship between the press and the public, the press and the police and the press and politicians.
He said he expected the inquiry to last for several months and aimed to produce a report within a year.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/phone-hacking/8744796/McCanns-among-host-of-high-profile-figures-wanting-a-key-role-in-hacking-inquiry.html

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But Clarence Mitchell said on TV that the McCann's had not been hacked....
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