Missing Milly Dowler's voicemail "hacked by News of the World"

[butchersapron]

Stephenson says no reason to suspect Wallis on any connection with hacking, yet Wallis was senior executive at NoTW in May 2009, leaving shortly later, the Guardian published further phone-hacking allegations in July 2009 and Wallis started working as PR consultant for Met in October 2009 - what kind of references were taken up and what level of intellectual paucity is there in recruitment at the Metropolitan Police if no-one made those obvious connections and possible problems arising from them.

Unless, of course, Stephenson's recall of events is somewhat less than the truth perhaps?

Well, he can't even recall which day he was told brooks was to be arrested. And that's in the midst of shitstorm that he's a major player in that happened under a week ago.

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

Well, he can't even recall which day he was told brooks was to be arrested. And that's in the midst of shitstorm that he's a major player in that happened under a week ago.

It's really quite poor stuff all round to be frank. When he was pushed over why checks weren't made before accepting the champney's break, he simply resorted to talking about being determined to get back to work etc etc. Pushed back at him again and he says he can't speak for what other people did or didn't do.

 

[butchersapron]

New? Just as expected?

Hacking suspect was police 'informer' while working as crime reporter for NoW

A key phone-hacking suspect worked for senior detectives while he was chief crime reporter of the News of the World, the Standard reveals today.

The activities of Neville Thurlbeck, which date back to 1995, trigger new fears of collusion between the Met and the press.

Thurlbeck, who was arrested on suspicion of illegally accessing voicemail messages in April, has admitted working as an official police source under the codename "George".

He gave a "substantial volume of information that was extremely useful" to Scotland Yard and the security services.

In return, Thurlbeck received confidential information from the Police National Computer that helped himwrite stories on a Labour MP with a conviction for committing an obscene act and an alleged threat to the Queen from stalkers.

 

[DaveCinzano]

I wonder how much information of value Thurlbeck was able to supply to the security services when his typical NOTW sting was, for example, to go undercover at a nudist bed & breakfast and get caught on camera wanking over the landlady?

 

[laptop]

New? Just as expected?

Hacking suspect was police 'informer' while working as crime reporter for NoW

News International timing a leak nicely to change the subject for this afternoon, I'm guessing.

Note how the story drifts toward NI being given information officially by the Met.

 

[butchersapron]

News International timing a leak nicely to change the subject for this afternoon, I'm guessing.

Note how the story drifts toward NI being given information officially by the Met.

Yes. I'm increasingly thinking this guns pointing at each other is a bit of a pre-planned strategy.

 

[DaveCinzano]

PS Thurlbeck definitely angling to get played by Tom Hardy in the movie

 

[Barking_Mad]

Funny how he didn't know much about the 'phone hacking', said it wasn't worth persuing, but then told the Guardian 'to lay off the story'.

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

stephenson dumping yates in the shit essentially now.

 

[DaveCinzano]

I'm waiting for Stephenson to play his Joker: "My gammy leg has affected my memory"

 

[weltweit]

Do you think it will be revealed to the public just whose laptop and papers they were and what specifically was contained on the laptop?

 

[Teaboy]

He's really rattled.

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

One feels he's being somewhat economical with the truth maybe?

 

[butchersapron]

Top plod in the country, knows nothing about anything to do with the police or their actions. That's why he got the big bucks.

 

[Teaboy]

Top plod in the country, knows nothing about anything to do with the police or their actions. That's why he got the big bucks.

If nothing else its showing the met up to be shambolically run.

 

[butchersapron]

He's given the guardina huge bone there.

 

[butchersapron]

If nothing else its showing the met up to be shambolically run.

They should get Alan Sugar in.

 

[butchersapron]

Can committees get the info about Neville Thurlbeck? There was some discussion on this earlier, i think they can now get twitter and that. Directly relevant to the current witness.

 

[Santino]

He's given the guardina huge bone there.

There's two readings of that post.

 

[Badgers]

The stream is really bad on the BBC website for me.
Just me or are a lot of people watching the wriggling?

 

[butchersapron]

There's two readings of that post.

Both great.

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

watching on bbc news channel on tv, no probs mate. maybe on-line is due to number of people trying to watch?

 

[magneze]

Yates absolutely dropped in it. That will be an interesting session.

 

[magneze]

Great question from Vaz. Stephenson refuses to say that Yates "is a man of great integrity".

 

[Spanky Longhorn]

There's two readings of that post.

Only one reading for me

 

[miniGMgoit]

He's coming across as very agitated and somewhat arrogant.
Probably never been questioned about anything in his entire life.

 

[Hocus Eye.]

New? Just as expected?

Hacking suspect was police 'informer' while working as crime reporter for NoW

News International timing a leak nicely to change the subject for this afternoon, I'm guessing.
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Note how the story drifts toward NI being given information officially by the Met.

The Evening Standard is not a News International publication. It is owned by that Russki fellow and was previously part of Associated News. NI would not leak to a rival.

 

[butchersapron]

Course they would. They can't do it themselves or it'd be too obvious.

 

[Badgers]

5 minutes to wrap this up and get Yates on the stand!!

 

[Barking_Mad]

If he's not guilty as charged, he's innept as fuck.