UK High Court Judge Timothy Fancourt handed out the verdict on Prince Harry’s phone-hacking case.
To recall, Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, alleged that there were 33 articles about him in the daily mirror, Sunday people, and Sunday mirror were compiled using hacked information.
But according to Judge Fancourt, only 15 of the 33 articles were a product of illegal surveillance.
Fancourt also found that the Mirror Group Newspapers or MGN, engaged in extensive phone having between 2006 and 2011, to gather information for articles on Prince Harry.
The judge declared that using private investigators to obtain such information unlawfully, was an integral part of the MGN’s tactics.
And that there can be no doubt that the ex-Daily Mirror Editor and TV host, Piers Morgan, as well as other editors and lawyers knew that their investigators were breaking the law.
Prince Harry was awarded 140,600 pounds, or 178,780 in damages.
Prince Harry testified about the case before the court in June and told the court that the stories ended his relationship with ex-girlfriend Chelsea Davy, and damaged his relationship with his brother, Prince William.
It also revealed details of his military service and drug use.
Following the verdict, David Sheborne read a statement on Harry’s behalf outside the high court in London, saying
“Today is a great day for truth, as well as accountability.”
