On Monday 5 February 2018 there was a statement in open court [pdf] in the case brought by actor Hugh Grant against the Mirror Newspapers. MGN admitted that a number of its senior employees, including executives, editors and journalists, condoned, encouraged or actively turned a blind eye to the widespread culture of unlawful information gathering activities at all three of its newspapers for many years and actively sought to conceal its wrongdoing from its many victims of intrusion. Continue reading