Exclusive: News of the World 'ordered burglary' Police probe link to break-ins at homes of MPs/Stars

Source: Independent UK

Detectives have evidence which suggests that a notorious private detective agency carried out a burglary while working for the News of the World.

In the latest twist to the phone-hacking scandal, a police intelligence report indicates that Southern Investigations, based in south London, targeted the home of a newsworthy individual in an attempt to dig up salacious information.

The Independent has established that the material – the first suggested link between the News of the World and burglary – is being held by Operation Tuleta, the police inquiry into illegal newsgathering techniques other than phone hacking and corruption. It refers to a "sortie" carried out into a woman's home in Ascot, Berkshire, and mentions the name of Alex Marunchak – a long-serving executive on the News of the World.

A police assessment indicated that Southern Investigations or an associate had "gained unauthorised access into a private domestic premises with a view to gaining information on the resident".

Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/exclusive-news-of-the-world-ordered-burglary-8145238.html

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Exclusive: News of the World 'ordered burglary' Police probe link to break-ins at homes of MPs/Stars (Original post)	kpete	Sep 2012	OP
What will the UK do? Isn't breaking into a MP's home close to espionage?	freshwest	Sep 2012	#1
I believe the penalty is execution...	rfranklin	Sep 2012	#2
Oh, they don't do that over there. Or over here. It's called freedom of the press, everything goes.	freshwest	Sep 2012	#3
Sarcasm noted.	HooptieWagon	Sep 2012	#4
The bribe has already been given.	OnyxCollie	Sep 2012	#8
Burn, murdoch, burn...	WestWisconsinDem	Sep 2012	#5
Seems odd the police have had this information since 2002	dipsydoodle	Sep 2012	#6
Right wing thuggery ordered from the top	Bernardo de La Paz	Sep 2012	#7

Response to kpete (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2012, 05:16 PM

freshwest (31,424 posts)

1. What will the UK do? Isn't breaking into a MP's home close to espionage?

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Response to freshwest (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 18, 2012, 05:28 PM

rfranklin (13,200 posts)

2. I believe the penalty is execution...

That would put a stop to this nonsense.

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Response to rfranklin (Reply #2)

Tue Sep 18, 2012, 05:32 PM

freshwest (31,424 posts)

3. Oh, they don't do that over there. Or over here. It's called freedom of the press, everything goes.

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James O'Keefe and pals broke into a Democratic official's office and got off with a slap on the wrist.

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Response to freshwest (Reply #3)

Tue Sep 18, 2012, 05:43 PM

HooptieWagon (6,322 posts)

4. Sarcasm noted.

But wouldn't it be justice? Election fraud, corruption, illegal spying, etc... seems to me that if there has to be a death penalty, it's time we started using it on the 1%. They might change their tune rather quickly.

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Tue Sep 18, 2012, 06:15 PM

OnyxCollie (6,558 posts)