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83-868: After the News International phone hacking scandal , members of the Farm along with Pete Wylie and Mick Jones of the Clash performed at an anti- The Sun concert at the Liverpool Olympia in September 2011. Following this, they formed the Justice Tonight Band and toured the United Kingdom and Europe the following year in order to raise awareness of the Hillsborough Justice Campaign. Initially,

166-512: A cover-up had taken place within the News of the World to hide the scope of the phone hacking. On 1 May 2012, a parliamentary select committee report concluded that the elder Murdoch "exhibited wilful blindness to what was going on in his companies and publications" and stated that he was "not a fit person to exercise the stewardship of a major international company". On 3 July 2013, Channel 4 News broadcast

249-844: A deal with the TAG Artist Group to release the CD and DVD Eternity With You: Live Worship . The release of the CD and DVD coincided with the publication of his book I Surrender All . In 2007, he released the single "Believe". Clay has served as lead worship pastor at the following churches: First Baptist Church, Winter Garden, Florida 2023-present; First Baptist Church, Bentonville, Arkansas 2013–2023; Faith Baptist Church, Arlington, Tennessee 2010 - 2013; The Love of Christ Church (TLC) 2004 - 2008. Clay married Renee Kennedy in 1990. They have four children, Shelby (1993), Savannah (1997), Garrett, (1999, adopted from China in 2007), and Sophie (2005, adopted from China in 2005). Clay and Renee Crosse co-wrote

332-532: A former minister that Rupert Murdoch tried to persuade Prime Minister Gordon Brown early in 2010 to help in resisting attempts by Labour MPs and peers to investigate the affair, and to go easy on News of the World in the run-up to the UK's general election of May 2010. News International described the report as "total rubbish"; a spokesperson for Brown declined to comment. It was first reported by The Guardian on 4 July 2011 that police had found evidence suggesting that

415-536: A new investigation into phone hacking, following the receipt of "significant new information" regarding the conduct of News of the World employees. Operation Weeting would take place alongside the previously announced review of phone hacking evidence by the Crown Prosecution Service. Between 45 and 60 officers began looking over the 11,000 pages of evidence seized from Mulcaire in August 2006. In June 2011,

498-453: A re-recording of "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" would be made by various artists including the Justice Tonight Band and released as the charity single. Keith Mullen of the Farm recruited Guy Chambers to produce the single and with Chambers offering free use of his Sleeper Studios to record the song. On 25 October, Steve Rotheram , Guy Chambers and Kenny Dalglish announced plans of the single to be recorded by various artists. In 2012,

581-593: A report highly critical of the Met, stating, "The difficulties were offered to us as justifying a failure to investigate further, and we saw nothing that suggested there was a real will to tackle and overcome those obstacles." The Guardian continued to be critical of Yates, who responded by hiring a firm of libel lawyers, paid for by the Met, to threaten legal action against anyone that claimed he had misled Parliament. Eventually, as celebrities and politicians continued asking if they had been victims of hacking, Yates directed that

664-538: A secret tape from earlier that year, in which Murdoch dismissively claims that investigators were "totally incompetent" and acted over "next to nothing" and excuses his papers' actions as "part of the culture of Fleet Street ". By 2002, an organised trade in confidential personal information had developed in Britain and was widely used by the British newspaper industry. Illegal means of gaining information used included hacking

747-638: A senior News of the World executive was implicated, according to actor Jude Law 's barrister in the High Court. This report also said that the number of people whose phones may have been hacked may be much larger than previously thought. The High Court was said to have been told that "notebooks belonging to a private investigator hired by News Group Newspapers contained thousands of mobile phone numbers" and "police also found 149 individual personal identification numbers and almost 400 unique voicemail numbers which can be used to access voice mail". In January 2012, it

830-421: A single journalist. The PCC opted not to question Andy Coulson on the grounds that he had left the industry, and not to question any other journalist or executive on the paper, apart from Myler, who had no knowledge of what had been going on there before his appointment. The PCC's subsequent report failed to uncover any evidence of any phone hacking by any newspaper beyond that revealed at Goodman's trial. In 2009

913-564: A target's details from their phone number or their vehicle registration". Between February 2004 and April 2005, the Crown Prosecution Service charged ten men working for private detective agencies with crimes relating to the illegal acquisition of confidential information. No journalists were charged. Whittamore, Boyall, and two others pleaded guilty in April 2005. According to ICO head Richard Thomas , "each pleaded guilty yet, despite

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996-457: A vocal coach, Chris Beatty. At their first appointment, Beatty questioned him about his spiritual life. After praying with the coach that day, Crosse confessed to his wife that he had been struggling with his thought life and that pornography had played a role. It took one year for his relationship with his wife to fully heal. Later, Clay stated that he was thankful that God protected and strengthened his and Renee's marriage during this time. With

1079-482: Is a contemporary Christian music artist. He has won four GMA Dove Awards , and is probably best known for the single "I Surrender All". Clay Crosse grew up in Memphis, Tennessee , and became a Christian at the age of 13. He married his high school sweetheart, Renee Kennedy. Initially, Clay worked as a courier for FedEx for six years. He then released his first album, My Place Is With You , in 1994. "I Surrender All"

1162-531: The 7 July 2005 London bombings had also been hacked. The resulting public outcry against News Corporation and its owner, Rupert Murdoch , led to several high-profile resignations, including that of Murdoch as News Corporation director, Murdoch's son James as executive chairman, Dow Jones chief executive Les Hinton , News International legal manager Tom Crone , and chief executive Rebekah Brooks . The commissioner of London's Metropolitan Police , Sir Paul Stephenson , also resigned. Advertiser boycotts led to

1245-514: The Culture, Media and Sport Committee by News International executives and senior Met officials that there was no evidence of hacking by anyone other than Mulcaire and Goodman. Within five weeks of the article appearing, On 6 September 2010, Sienna Miller's lawyer, Mark Thomson, told News Group she planned to sue the News of the World. The Metropolitan Police announced on 26 January 2011 that it would begin

1328-493: The Guardian articles were published, Metropolitan Police Service Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson asked Assistant Commissioner John Yates to look at the phone hacking case to see if it should be reopened. Yates reportedly took just eight hours to consult with senior detectives and Crown Prosecution lawyers to conclude there was no fresh material that could lead to further convictions. His review did not include an examination of

1411-533: The News of the World and raided Mulcaire's home. There they seized "11,000 pages of handwritten notes listing nearly 4,000 celebrities, politicians, sports stars, police officials and crime victims whose phones may have been hacked." The names included eight members of the royal family and their staff. There were dozens of notebooks, two computers containing 2,978 complete or partial mobile phone numbers and 91 PIN codes, plus 30 tape recordings made by Mulcaire. Significantly, there were at least three names of News of

1494-501: The News of the World , where Andy Coulson had succeeded Rebekah Brooks as editor. In 2002, under the title Operation Motorman , the Information Commissioner's Office raided the offices of various newspapers and private investigators, looking for details of personal information kept on unregistered computer databases. The operation uncovered numerous invoices addressed to newspapers and magazines, which detailed prices for

1577-596: The Premier League and German Bundesliga plus a number of music acts including Clean Bandit , Engelbert Humperdinck , the Proclaimers , Gorgon City , Suzi Quatro , Jona Lewie , Alexandra Burke , Julian Lennon , Paul Potts , Jane McDonald , David Gray , Gabrielle , Mick Jones , Tommy Scott , Holly Johnson , and many more. The track was produced by Simon Britton and released on 14 December 2014. News International phone hacking scandal Employees of

1660-596: The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 . The News of the World had paid Mulcaire £104,988 for his services. In addition, Goodman had paid Mulcaire £12,300 in cash between 9 November 2005 and 7 August 2006, using the code name Alexander on his expenses sheet for him. The court heard that Mulcaire had also hacked into the messages of supermodel Elle Macpherson , former publicist Max Clifford , MP Simon Hughes , football agent Sky Andrew , and Gordon Taylor . On 26 January 2007, both Goodman and Mulcaire pleaded guilty to

1743-594: The Specialist Operations directorate, which included royal protection. By January 2006, Clarke's team had concluded that the compromised voice mail accounts belonged to Prince William's aides, not the Prince himself, and that there was an "unambiguous trail" to Clive Goodman , the News of the World royal reporter, and to Glenn Mulcaire , a private investigator. The detectives put Goodman and Mulcaire under surveillance and, on 8 August 2006, searched Goodman's desk at

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1826-566: The 1997 CCM Adult Contemporary Song of the Year. In 1999, his song "I Will Follow Christ" won the Dove Award for Inspirational Song of the Year. He collaborated on the song with Bob Carlisle and BeBe Winans . Following his initial success, Clay went through a time of contemplation and reckoning in his life, one that he describes as "the greatest time of spiritual growth I had ever experienced." After having difficulties with his singing voice, Clay hired

1909-634: The 2006 conviction of Clive Goodman and Glenn Mulcaire , and with assurances from News International , the Press Complaints Commission and the Metropolitan Police Service that no one else had been involved in phone hacking, the public perception was that the matter was closed. Nick Davies and other journalists from The Guardian , and eventually other newspapers, continued to examine evidence from court cases and use Freedom of Information Act 2000 requests to find evidence to

1992-565: The Committee, "It is very few, it is a handful" of persons that had been subject to hacking. Although Yates was aware of the "Transcript for Neville" email that indicated more than a single rogue reporter was involved, he did not interview Neville Thurlbeck nor any other journalist at the News of the World , nor look into the cases of victims beyond the eight named in court in 2006. The Committee's findings, released in February 2010, were critical of

2075-545: The Conservative Party. Their report concluded that it was "inconceivable" that no one, other than Goodman, knew about the extent of phone hacking at the paper, and that the Committee had "repeatedly encountered an unwillingness to provide the detailed information that we sought, claims of ignorance or lack of recall and deliberate obfuscation". Assistant Commissioner Yates returned to the Committee on 24 March 2011 and defended his position that only ten to twelve victims met

2158-841: The Hollies ), Hollie Cook (from the Slits ), LIPA Gospel Choir, Clay Crosse , Alan Hansen , Peter Reid , comedian John Bishop , writer Neil Fitzmaurice and footballer Kenny Dalglish . Musicians were Chris Sharrock (of Beady Eye ) on drums, David Catlin-Birch (of World Party ) on bass, Paul McCartney (of the Beatles ) on lead guitar, Mick Jones (of the Clash ) on electric guitar, Andrew "Davo" Davitt on acoustic guitar, Guy Chambers on piano, Will Pound on harmonica, Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra on strings, Richard Blake on trumpet/ flugelhorn , Matthew Lewis on trombone/ euphonium , Meredith Moore on French horn and Will Roberts on tuba. Guy Chambers

2241-659: The Home Affairs committee chairman Keith Vaz that police had contacted 170 of the 3,870 people named in Glenn Mulcaire's files to date. News International announced on 8 April 2011 that it would admit liability in some of the breach of privacy cases being brought in relation to phone hacking by the News of the World . The company offered an unreserved apology and compensation to eight claimants, but would continue to contest allegations made by other litigants. The eight claimants were identified in media reports as: At

2324-677: The ICO issued two reports, "What price privacy?" in May 2006 and "What price privacy now?" in December 2006, much of the information obtained through Operation Motorman was not made public. Although there was evidence of many people being engaged in illegal activity, relatively few were questioned. Operation Motorman's lead investigator said in 2006 that "his team were told not to interview journalists involved. The investigator ... accused authorities of being too 'frightened' to tackle journalists." The newspaper with

2407-576: The Justice Collective recorded a new version of " He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother ", a popular music ballad written by Bobby Scott and Bob Russell made famous by the Hollies . The song went on to take the coveted Christmas number 1 position for 2012 in the UK, beating X Factor winner James Arthur , who was number one the previous week. It was number 2 in Scotland and number 4 in Ireland. The song

2490-638: The La's ), Robbie Williams (of Take That ), Melanie C (of Spice Girls ), Rebecca Ferguson , Holly Johnson (from Frankie Goes to Hollywood ), Paloma Faith , Beverley Knight , Eliza Doolittle , Dave McCabe (of the Zutons ), Peter Hooton (of the Farm ), Ren Harvieu , Jon McClure (of Reverend and the Makers ), Paul McCartney (of the Beatles ), Shane MacGowan (of the Pogues ), Bobby Elliott and Tony Hicks (both of

2573-543: The Met who had a close working relationship with Brooks, to avoid unnecessary friction with the newspaper." No one was charged with illegal acquisition of confidential information as a result of Operation Nigeria, even though the Met reportedly collected hundreds of thousands of incriminating documents during the investigation into Jonathan Rees and his links with corrupt officers. Fillery was convicted for child pornography offences in 2003. Upon Rees' release from prison in 2005, he immediately resumed his investigative work for

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2656-533: The Metropolitan Police, which they were often slow to respond to. One commentator observed that "the Goodman-Mulcaire revelations and subsequent prosecution were supposed to have settled the hacking matter forever and might have done just that, except that successful law suits... kept popping up against News of the World after the convictions." On 15 December 2010, The Guardian reported that some of

2739-466: The PCC held another inquiry, to see whether they were misled by the News of the World in 2007, and if there was any evidence that phone hacking had taken place since then. It concluded it had not been misled and that there was no evidence of ongoing phone hacking. This report and its conclusions were withdrawn on 6 July 2011, two days after it was revealed that Milly Dowler's phone had been hacked. Following

2822-428: The World 's chief reporter Neville Thurlbeck were arrested on suspicion of unlawfully intercepting voicemail messages. Both men had denied participating in illegal activities. The paper's assistant news editor, James Weatherup , was taken into custody for questioning by the Metropolitan Police on 14 April 2011. He had also dealt with some major fiscal issues, "managing huge budgets" and "crisis management" at

2905-496: The World as the "golden source" of income for Rees' "empire of corruption", which involved a network of contacts with corrupt police officers and a pattern of illegal behaviour extending far beyond phone hacking. Despite detailed evidence, the Metropolitan Police failed to pursue effective in-depth investigations into Rees' corrupt relationship with the News of the World over more than a decade. On 12 July 2011, Metropolitan Police deputy assistant commissioner Sue Akers told MPs and

2988-404: The World journalists other than Goodman and a recording of Mulcaire instructing a journalist how to hack into private voice mail. All of this material was taken to Scotland Yard. In August 2006, Goodman and Mulcaire were arrested by the Metropolitan Police, and later charged with hacking the telephones of members of the royal family by accessing voicemail messages, an offence under section 79 of

3071-572: The World , to obtain confidential information about Detective Chief Superintendent David Cook, one of the police officers investigating the murder of Daniel Morgan . Mulcaire obtained Cook's home address, his internal Metropolitan police payroll number, his date of birth and figures for his mortgage payments as well as physically following him and his family. Attempts to access Cook's voicemail and that of his wife, and possibly hack his computer and intercept his post were also suspected. Documents reportedly held by Scotland Yard show that "Mulcaire did this on

3154-498: The World . After Goodman and Mulcaire pleaded guilty, a breach of privacy claim was started by Gordon Taylor, chief executive of the Professional Footballers' Association who was represented by his solicitor Mark Lewis. That claim settled for a payment of £700,000 including legal costs. James Murdoch agreed to the settlement. The Press Complaints Commission , PCC, was the organisation charged with self-regulation of

3237-470: The World's assistant editor, Greg Miskiw gave him a full-time contract to do work for the newspaper. When the ICO raided Boyall's premises in November 2002 they seized documents that led them to the premises of another private investigator, Steve Whittamore. There they found "more than 13,000 requests for confidential information from newspapers and magazines". This established that confidential information

3320-410: The basis of evidence obtained during Operation Nigeria , Rees was found guilty in December 2000 of attempting to pervert the course of justice and received a seven-year prison sentence. After he was released from prison the News of the World , under the editorship of Andy Coulson, began commissioning Rees' services again. The Guardian journalist Nick Davies described commissions from the News of

3403-419: The changes in his personal life, Clay released A Different Man in 1999. The songs "98", "Sinner's Prayer" and "Arms of Jesus" were written reflecting his personal growth. Touring with Jaci Velasquez , he spoke to teenagers, encouraging sexual abstinence before marriage. He also worked in conjunction with the national student movement True Love Waits . Clay states, "During this life-changing time for me there

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3486-403: The charges and were sentenced to four and six months imprisonment respectively. On the same day, Andy Coulson resigned as editor of the News of the World , while insisting that he had no knowledge of any illegal activities. In March 2007, a senior aide to Rupert Murdoch told a parliamentary committee that a "rigorous internal investigation" found no evidence of widespread hacking at the News of

3569-441: The claim. On 10 April, Tessa Jowell and her former husband David Mills, Andy Gray, Sky Andrew, Nicola Phillips, Joan Hammell, and Kelly Hoppen all received the official apology and compensation, but actor Leslie Ash and John Prescott, who both had also claimed breach of privacy, did not. Scottish politician Danny Alexander predicted further arrests would be made. The Shadow Secretary of State for Wales Peter Hain called on

3652-471: The closure of the News of the World on 10 July 2011, after 168 years of publication. Public pressure forced News Corporation to cancel its proposed takeover of the British satellite broadcaster BSkyB . The prime minister, David Cameron , announced on 6 July 2011 that a public inquiry, known as the Leveson Inquiry , would look into phone hacking and police bribery by the News of the World and consider

3735-422: The contrary. A small number of victims of phone hacking engaged solicitors and made civil claims for invasion of privacy. By March 2010, News International had spent over £2 million settling court cases with victims of phone hacking. As information about these claims leaked out, The Guardian continued to follow the story. On 8 & 9 July 2009, the newspaper published three articles alleging that: When

3818-460: The criteria given to the police by the Crown Prosecution Service . The CPS denied that what they had told the Met could be reasonably used to limit the scope of the investigation. Further, they claimed to have been misled by the Met during consultations on the Royal Household inquiry. Met officials reportedly "didn't discuss certain evidence with senior prosecutors, including the notes suggesting

3901-425: The discovery of her body. It was later established that Dowler's phone had deleted the messages automatically, 72 hours after being listened to. The Guardian commented that the News of the World did not conceal from its readers in an article on 14 April 2002 that it had intercepted telephone messages and also informed Surrey police of this fact on 27 March 2002, six days after Milly went missing. In July 2011, it

3984-530: The documents seized from Glenn Mulcaire in 2006 by the Metropolitan Police Service and only recently disclosed in open court, implied that News of the World editor Ian Edmondson specifically instructed Mulcaire to hack voice messages of Sienna Miller , Jude Law , and several others. The documents also implied that Mulcaire was engaged by News of the World chief reporter Neville Thurlbeck and assistant editor Greg Miskiw , who had then worked directly for editor Andy Coulson . This contradicted testimony to

4067-457: The evidence from the Mulcaire raid, that had been stored in bin bags for three years, finally be entered into a computer database. Ten people were assigned the task. Yates himself did not look at the evidence saying later, "I'm not going to go down and look at bin bags. I am supposed to be an Assistant Commissioner." He did not re-open the investigation. Days after the settlement with Gordon Taylor

4150-404: The extent and the frequency of their admitted criminality, each was conditionally discharged [for two years], raising important questions for public policy." On 14 November 2005, the News of the World published an article written by royal editor Clive Goodman that claimed Prince William was in the process of borrowing a portable editing suite from ITV correspondent Tom Bradby . Following

4233-463: The highest number of requests was the Daily Mail with 952 transactions by 58 journalists; the News of the World came fifth in the table, with 182 transactions from 19 journalists. The Daily Mail rejected the accusations within the report insisting it only used private investigators to confirm public information, such as dates of birth. Learning that Steve Whittamore was obtaining information from

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4316-529: The idea was to re-release the 2009 single " The Fields of Anfield Road " by the Liverpool Collective featuring the Kop Choir; however, this idea was rejected by Peter Hooton as only a relatively small number of people would buy it. Inspired by Everton 's Hillsborough tribute on 17 September 2012, the song was played at Goodison Park prior to their match against Newcastle United . It was then decided that

4399-1060: The information to the News of the World , the Daily Mirror , the Sunday Mirror and The Sunday Times . The Operation Nigeria bugging ended in September 1999 and Rees was arrested when he was heard planning to plant drugs on a woman so that her husband could win custody of their child. Rees was convicted in 2000 and served a five-year prison sentence. Other individuals associated with Rees who were taped during Operation Nigeria, including Detective Constable Austin Warnes, former detective Duncan Hanrahan, former Detective Constable Martin King and former Detective Constable Tom Kingston, were prosecuted and jailed for various offences unrelated to phone hacking. In June 2002, Fillery had reportedly used his relationship with Alex Marunchak to arrange for private investigator Glenn Mulcaire , then doing work for News of

4482-475: The instructions of Greg Miskiw , assistant editor at News of the World and a close friend of Marunchak." The Metropolitan Police Service handled this apparent attempt by agents of the News of the World to interfere with a murder inquiry by having informal discussions with Rebekah Brooks , then editor for the newspaper. "Scotland Yard took no further action, apparently reflecting the desire of Dick Fedorcio, Director of Public Affairs and Internal Communication for

4565-535: The involvement of other reporters." The Home Affairs Select Committee also questioned Yates in 2009 about the Met's continuing refusal to reopen the investigation "following allegations that 27 other News International reporters had commissioned private investigators to carry out tasks, some of which might have been illegal." Yates responded that he had only looked into the facts of the original 2006 inquiry into Goodmans activities. The Home Affairs Committee began another inquiry on 1 September 2010 and later published

4648-544: The issue of computer hacking was addressed with the launch of Operation Tuleta . Having failed thus far to put the phone hacking issue to rest, News International 's law firm, Hickman & Rose, hired former Director of Public Prosecutions Ken Macdonald to review the emails that News International executives had used as the basis of their claim that no one at the News of the World but Clive Goodman had been involved in phone hacking. Macdonald immediately concluded, regardless of whether others had been involved, that there

4731-660: The legal authorities to conduct a "full and proper public investigation" and then claimed the police investigation had been "tardy". The first individual to accept the News of the World 's apology and compensation was actress Sienna Miller, who received £100,000 plus legal costs. Sports pundit Andy Gray followed in June, accepting a payout of £20,000 plus legal costs. Prior to the settlements, both individuals' litigation claims had been identified as phone hacking "test cases" to be heard in January 2012. The BBC reported on 20 May 2011 that

4814-489: The newspaper and magazine industry in Britain. The PCC's inquiry into phone hacking in 2007 concluded that the practice should stop but that "there is a legitimate place for the use of subterfuge when there are grounds in the public interest to use it and it is not possible to obtain information through other means". News of the World editor Colin Myler told the PCC that Goodman's hacking was "aberrational", "a rogue exception" of

4897-476: The newspaper. The Guardian , referring to the Information Commissioner's report of 2006, queried why the Metropolitan Police chose to exclude a large quantity of material relating to Jonathan Rees from the scope of its Operation Weeting inquiry. The News of the World was said to have made extensive use of Rees' investigative services, including phone hacking, paying him up to £150,000 a year. On

4980-521: The now-defunct newspaper News of the World engaged in phone hacking , police bribery, and exercising improper influence in the pursuit of stories. Investigations conducted from 2005 to 2007 showed that the paper's phone hacking activities were targeted at celebrities, politicians, and members of the British royal family . In July 2011 it was revealed that the phones of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler , relatives of deceased British soldiers, and victims of

5063-524: The opposition Ed Miliband called on Rebekah Brooks, the News of the World 's editor in 2002, and then the chief executive of News International, to "consider her conscience and consider her position". Brooks denied knowledge of phone hacking during her editorship. It was in the wake of the Dowler allegations that a significant number of people, including former deputy prime minister John Prescott and other politicians, began seriously to question whether

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5146-543: The police for not pursuing "evidence that merited a wider investigation". The Committee Chairman John Whittingdale also questioned whether the Committee had been misled by several of the News International executives who had testified before it in 2007 that Goodman alone was involved in phone hacking. The Committee again heard evidence from Les Hinton , by then chief executive officer of Dow Jones & Company , and Andy Coulson, by then director of communications for

5229-431: The police national computer, the Information Commissioner contacted the Metropolitan Police and the Met's anti-corruption unit initiated Operation Glade . Whittamore's detailed records identified 27 different journalists as having commissioned him to acquire confidential information for which they paid him tens of thousands of pounds. Invoices submitted to News International "sometimes made explicit reference to obtaining

5312-455: The private investigator Glenn Mulcaire collected personal information about the family of the missing Surrey teenager Milly Dowler , following her disappearance in March 2002 and the discovery of her body six months later. According to the paper, journalists working for the News of the World had hired private investigators to hack into Dowler's voicemail inbox shortly after her disappearance. It

5395-501: The private voicemail accounts on mobile phones, hacking into computers, making false statements to officials, entrapment, blackmail, burglaries, theft of mobile phones and making payments to public officials. Private investigators who were illegally providing information to the News of the World were also engaged in a variety of other illegal activities. Between 1999 and 2003, several were convicted for crimes including drug distribution,

5478-406: The provision of personal information. A total of 305 journalists, working for at least 30 publications, were identified as purchasing confidential information from private investigators. The ICO raided a private investigator named John Boyall, whose specialty was acquiring information from confidential databases. Glenn Mulcaire had been Boyall's assistant, until the autumn of 2001 when the News of

5561-559: The publication, the Prince and Bradby met to try to figure out how the details of their arrangement had been leaked, as only two other people were aware of it. Prince William noted that another equally improbable leak had recently taken place regarding an appointment he had made with a knee surgeon. The Prince and Bradby concluded it was likely that their voicemails were being accessed. The Metropolitan Police set up an investigation under Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke reporting to Assistant Commissioner Andy Hayman , commander of

5644-488: The takeover of BSkyB by News Corporation should be vetoed by the appropriate government authorities. The Media Standards Trust formed the pressure group Hacked Off , to campaign for a public inquiry . Soon after launch, the campaign gained the support of suspected hacking victim, the actor Hugh Grant , who became a public spokesperson, appearing on Question Time and Newsnight . Clay Crosse Clay Crosse (born Walter Clayton Crossnoe , February 11, 1967)

5727-404: The theft of drugs, child pornography, planting evidence, corruption, and perverting the course of justice. Jonathan Rees and his partner Sid Fillery, a former police officer, were also under suspicion for the murder of private investigator Daniel Morgan . The Metropolitan Police Service undertook an investigation of Rees, entitled Operation Nigeria , and tapped his telephone. Substantial evidence

5810-497: The thousands of pages of evidence seized in the 2006 Mulcaire raid. In September 2009, Yates maintained his position to the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee saying, "There remain now insufficient grounds or evidence to arrest or interview anyone else and... no additional evidence has come to light." Upon review of the first inquiry, he concluded that there were "hundreds, not thousands of potential victims". Yates told

5893-523: The time of News International's announcement, 24 individuals were in the process of taking legal action against the News of the World on breach of privacy grounds. Comic actor Steve Coogan was reported to be one of the suspected victims of phone hacking. Hoppen lodged a further claim against the News of the World and one of its reporters, Dan Evans, for "accessing or attempting to access her voicemail messages between June 2009, and March 2010". News International has not admitted liability in relation to

5976-469: The wider culture and ethics of the British newspaper industry, and that the Press Complaints Commission would be replaced "entirely". A number of arrests and convictions followed, most notably of the former News of the World managing editor Andy Coulson . Murdoch and his son, James, were summoned to give evidence at the Leveson Inquiry. Over the course of his testimony, Rupert Murdoch admitted that

6059-526: Was a clear change in my career. What was once a focus on 'Christian entertainment' was now a genuine calling to the ministry." Clay then began working in local ministry, serving as worship pastor for The Love of Christ (TLC) Community Church in Memphis under head pastor Dana Key (of the Christian Rock group DeGarmo and Key ). This was Clay's first staff position at a local church. During this time, he signed

6142-654: Was accumulated that Rees was purchasing information from improper sources and that, amongst others, Alex Marunchak of the News of the World was paying him up to £150,000 a year for doing so. Jonathan Rees reportedly bought information from former and serving police officers, Customs officers, a VAT inspector, bank employees, burglars, and from blaggers who would telephone the Inland Revenue, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), banks and phone companies, and deceive them into releasing confidential information. Rees then sold

6225-525: Was alleged that they had deleted some messages, giving false hope to police and to Dowler's family, who thought that she might have deleted the messages and therefore might still be alive and potentially destroying valuable evidence about her abduction and any evidence against a potential abductor and murderer. Levi Bellfield had been convicted of the murder just two weeks before these revelations – he had already been convicted of two murders and an attempted murder which took place after Milly's disappearance and

6308-421: Was announced that the Dowler family was preparing a claim for damages against the News of the World . News Group Newspapers described the allegation as "a development of great concern". Reacting to the revelation, Prime Minister David Cameron said that the alleged hacking, if true, was "truly dreadful". He added that police ought to pursue a "vigorous" investigation to ascertain what had taken place. Leader of

6391-447: Was clear evidence of criminal activity, including payments to serving police officers. Macdonald arranged for this evidence to be turned over to the Met, which led to their opening in July 2011 of Operation Elveden , an investigation focused on bribery and corruption within the Met's ranks. The first arrests as part of Operation Weeting were made on 5 April 2011. Ian Edmondson and the News of

6474-625: Was illegally acquired from telephone companies, the DVLA and the Police National Computer . "Media, especially newspapers, insurance companies and local authorities chasing council tax arrears all appear in the sales ledger" of the agency. Whittamore's network gave him access to confidential records at telephone companies, banks, post offices, hotels, theatres, and prisons, including BT Group , Crédit Lyonnais , Goldman Sachs , Hang Seng Bank , Glen Parva prison , and Stocken prison . Although

6557-561: Was producer, Richard Flack producer and engineer and Oliver Som, Liam Nolan, Chris Taylor, Jon Withnall, Tony Draper and Alec Brits as engineer. In October 2014, many members of the Justice Collective reconvened as The Peace Collective , a fund-raising recording of the Farm 's 1990 hit " All Together Now " in aid of the British Red Cross and the Shorncliffe Trust. The new track featured a backing choir of schoolboy footballers from

6640-581: Was recorded with vocals including those of Melanie C , Robbie Williams and two original members of the Hollies , Bobby Elliott and Tony Hicks , for various charities associated with the Hillsborough disaster . Vocalists include Andy Brown (of Lawson ), Gerry Marsden (of Gerry and the Pacemakers ), Paul Heaton (of the Beautiful South ), Glenn Tilbrook (of Squeeze ), John Power (of Cast and

6723-432: Was reported that Respect politician George Galloway , who was not an MP at the time, had settled out of court. Galloway had begun legal proceedings for breach of privacy in 2010 after being told by the Met that he had probably been targeted by Mulcaire. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed. Galloway said the apology was a cynical attempt to protect Rebekah Brooks. In April, The Observer reported claims from

6806-427: Was revealed by The Guardian in July 2009, Max Clifford , another of the eight victims named in 2006, announced his intentions to sue. In March 2010, News International agreed to settle his suit for £1,000,000, a much greater than expected settlement if hacking Clifford's phone was the only issue. These two awards encouraged other victims to explore legal redress, resulting in more and more phone hacking queries to

6889-565: Was the most successful single from the album. With the success of his musical career, Clay was able to leave FedEx and concentrate on music full-time in 1994. Clay's music has a pop style. He became known for singles such as "I Surrender All", "Midnight Cry", "He Walked A Mile", "Saving The World", and "I Will Follow Christ". He won the Dove Award for "New Artist of the Year" at the 25th GMA Dove Awards in 1994. Nine songs from his first four albums became No. 1 singles, and "He Walked A Mile" won

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