2009–2011 News of the World phone hacking scandal investigations 2009–2011 News of the World phone hacking scandal investigations The "News of the World" phone hacking scandal investigations followed the revelations in 2005 of voicemail interception on behalf of "News of the World". Despite wider evidence of wrongdoing, the "News of the World" royal phone hacking scandal appeared resolved with the 2007 conviction of the "News of the World" royal editor Clive Goodman and the private investigator Glenn Mulcaire, and the resignation of editor Andy Coulson. However, a series of civil legal cases and investigations by newspapers, parliament and the police ultimately saw evidence of "industrial scale" phone hacking, leading
2009–2011 News of the World phone hacking scandal investigations transcripts of the messages. With the eventual settlement, however, the information was not made public. A report aired on Channel 4's "Dispatches" in October included remarks made by an unnamed source said to have been a former senior journalist at the "News of the World" who had worked alongside Coulson. The source alleged that Coulson had personally listened to messages obtained through phone hacking. In December 2010, Coulson – while under oath as a witness in "HM Advocate v Sheridan and Sheridan" – denied any knowledge of phone hacking at the "News of the World" or that he knew the