Day: 11 August 2014

News International lawyers face tribunal over alleged hacking coverup – The Guardian

Posted August 11th, 2014 in conspiracy, disciplinary procedures, electronic mail, evidence, interception, media, news, perjury, privacy, professional conduct, solicitors, telecommunications by sally

‘Two lawyers working for News International at the height of the phone hacking scandal are being prosecuted by the legal profession’s regulator for allegedly seeking to cover up the scale of criminality at the News of the World.’

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The Guardian, 9th August 2014

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Hanged for murder: Fiftieth anniversary of last people to be executed in UK – The Independent

Posted August 11th, 2014 in death penalty, murder, news by sally

‘When, at 8am on 13 August 1964, Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans took a short walk to the gallows to be hanged for murder, the deaths of two hapless petty criminals were little mourned and little noticed.’

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The Independent, 10th August 2014

Source: www.independent.co.uk