New Twist in Daily Mail Phone Hacking Case as Whistleblower Contradicts Key Claimant's Allegations.
A bombshell has been dropped in the ongoing phone hacking case against the Daily Mail, with a key whistleblower contradicting a central allegation made by Doreen Lawrence, the mother of the murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence. Jonathan Rees, a private investigator who has supported claims of unlawful news gathering at Associated Newspapers, has denied admitting to Lawrence that he was involved in bugging her after her son's murder.
Lawrence had claimed in her witness statement that private investigators had admitted to tapping her landlines, hacking her voicemails, and bugging a cafe where she used to hold meetings. However, Rees has told C4's Dispatches that this was not the case. "I'd been offered by other agents to assist in this surveillance," he said. "But I didn't get involved."
Rees' comments have significant implications for Lawrence's claim, which is central to a high court trial against Associated Newspapers. When challenged on his statement, Rees responded that they would need to rethink their case and re-evaluate their legal team.
The new development has raised questions about the reliability of the claims made by other key whistleblowers in the case. Last month, Gavin Burrows, another private investigator at the center of the allegations, retracted his alleged confession, saying it was "completely false."
A bombshell has been dropped in the ongoing phone hacking case against the Daily Mail, with a key whistleblower contradicting a central allegation made by Doreen Lawrence, the mother of the murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence. Jonathan Rees, a private investigator who has supported claims of unlawful news gathering at Associated Newspapers, has denied admitting to Lawrence that he was involved in bugging her after her son's murder.
Lawrence had claimed in her witness statement that private investigators had admitted to tapping her landlines, hacking her voicemails, and bugging a cafe where she used to hold meetings. However, Rees has told C4's Dispatches that this was not the case. "I'd been offered by other agents to assist in this surveillance," he said. "But I didn't get involved."
Rees' comments have significant implications for Lawrence's claim, which is central to a high court trial against Associated Newspapers. When challenged on his statement, Rees responded that they would need to rethink their case and re-evaluate their legal team.
The new development has raised questions about the reliability of the claims made by other key whistleblowers in the case. Last month, Gavin Burrows, another private investigator at the center of the allegations, retracted his alleged confession, saying it was "completely false."
so like jonathan rees just contradicted doreen lawrence's claims about him being involved in bugging her landlines and stuff...and now it seems like they're gonna have to rethink their whole case against associated newspapers. i mean, what even is going on here? 
i don't know what's going on but it sounds like there's some major drama at play.
can't wait to see how it all unfolds.
... it's just not fair. The way these whistleblowers are coming forward now is like a big flip-flop, makes you wonder what's true and what's not 
. Rees saying he didn't get involved in bugging her is huge, could change the whole trial. I hope this clears up some things for Doreen & her family 
. The more we learn, the more it seems like a big web of deceit 
... just not good for anyone involved 
this whole thing is just getting messier, if you ask me... like, who can we really trust? Rees says he wasn't involved in bugging Doreen Lawrence's landlines, but she swears she heard it from other investigators. And then Gavin Burrows comes along and says his confession was a lie? 
it's just too suspicious. I'm not buying it without seeing some hard evidence first. And what about the Daily Mail trying to spin this as a "new twist" when really it's just more holes in their case? 
. It'll be interesting to see how this changes the trajectory of the trial and what implications this has for those involved...
. The justice system is supposed to be fair and reliable, but it seems like all this phone hacking nonsense is just making a mess of everything 
, but it can also lead to a lot of drama and complications 
. We need to be careful not to jump to conclusions or make assumptions based on incomplete information 
. It's like J.K. Rowling once said, "The truth is rarely pure and never simple" 
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. We're left with more questions than answers, and it's going to take some serious digging to get to the bottom of this one. But I'm willing to bet that someone will eventually come forward with the truth 
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. it's like, who do we trust at this point?
so there's this lady Doreen Lawrence who's all upset about her son being murdered and then these private investigators are supposed to have tapped into her phones and stuff... but now one of them is saying he didn't do it 
and he was even offered to help with surveillance by others?! that sounds so fishy 
i don't know what's going on anymore 
. But, on the bright side, this means the court has to start fresh and re-examine everything 
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now the Daily Mail's case against them might actually start to fall apart... maybe it's time for some real journalism instead of all these twists and turns