Lawyer: Phone Interception 'Much More Widespread' Than News around the globe

LONDON -- Mark Lewis, the lawyer that has symbolized phone-hacking sufferers such as the group of killed teen Milly Dowler, told the Leveson Inquiry Wednesday that phone-hacking was much more common compared to News around the globe.our editor recommendsFormer 'News from the World' Investigator Defends Role in Phone Hacking ScandalHugh Grant Accuses 'The Mail on Sunday' of Phone HackingHugh Grant, Steve Coogan, JK Rowling and Sienna Burns to Testify Now at Phone Hacking InquiryNews Worldwide Disputes Police Evidence in Phone Hacking Analysis Lewis told The almighty Justice Leveson's Inquiry into press standards, ethics and practices it was dependent on misfortune the News around the globe investigator Glenn Mulcaire had stored such rigorous notes hooking up him towards the newspaper. "The lack of written evidence in some cases does not necessarily mean that this didn't happen." "It had been an infinitely more common practice than simply one newspaper," he told the Inquiry. Lewis told the newspaper that illegal voicemail message interception in the past of wide-scale cell phone use was "too easy" "I don't think they [journalists] always considered it as being any worse -- certainly at the start -- than driving at 35 [mph inside a 30 [mph zone," he stated. Lewis, who had been put under surveillance by News Worldwide due to his role representing phone-hacking sufferers, stated in the witness statement the practice was "intimidating" and "wretched." However, the Inquiry won't consider the specific activities including this news around the globe and it is alleged criminal activities before the second phase of their inquiry. Related Subjects