News Corp. to Stop Paying Phone Hacker's Legal Fees

Company decides to stop payments for Glenn Mulcaire

After Rupert Murdoch said in Tuesday’s Parliamentary hearing that he would be willing to stop paying legal fees for Glenn Mulcaire, the private investigator found guilty of phone hacking while employed by the News of the World in 2007, News Corp. announced Wednesday that it is putting an end to those payments. 

In a statement, the company said, “News Corporation’s Management and Standards Committee met this morning, and has decided to terminate any arrangement to pay the legal fees of Glenn Mulcaire with immediate effect.”

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