The publisher of British tabloid the Daily Mirror has acknowledged and apologized for unlawfully gathering information about Prince Harry in its reporting, and said it warrants compensation, as the prince’s first phone hacking trial began Wednesday.
The admission was made in court filings outlining Mirror Group Newspapers’ defence.
The group continued to deny that it hacked phones to intercept voicemail messages, and said that Harry brought the claims beyond a six-year time limit. But it acknowledged there was “some evidence of the instruction of third parties to engage in other types of UIG [unlawful information gathering].”
It said this “warrants compensation,” but didn’t spell
