Full text of Clive Goodman's letter to News International

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Full text of Clive Goodman's letter to News International

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/full-text-of-clive-goodmans-letter-to-news-international-2338523.html

Tuesday, 16 August 2011

Group Human Resources Director

News International

1 Virginia Street

London E198 1HR

March 2, 2007

Dear Mr Cloke,

Re: Notice of termination of employment

I refer to Les Hinton's letter of February 5 2007 informing me of my dismissal for alleged gross misconduct.

The letter identifies the reason for the dismissal as "recent events". I take this to mean my plea of guilty to conspiracy to intercept the voicemail messages of three employees of the royal family.

I am appealing against this decision on the following grounds:

i The decision is perverse in that the actions leading to this criminal charge were carried out with the full knowledge and support of . Payment for Glen (sic) Mulcaire's services was arranged by .

ii The decision is inconsistent, because and other members of staff were carrying out the same illegal procedures. The prosecution counsel, the counsel for Glen (sic) Mulcaire, and the Judge at the sentencing hearing agreed that other News of the World employees were the clients for Mulcaire's five solo substantive charges. This practice was widely discussed in the daily editorial conference, until explicit reference to it was banned by the Editor. As far as I am aware, no other member of staff has faced disciplinary action, much less dismissal.