Ex-Mail editor says Baroness Lawrence’s allegations ‘bewildering’, court told

Paul Dacre said in written evidence that it was ‘inconceivable’ that anyone at the Daily Mail would have carried out the alleged activities (Lucy North/PA) - (PA Wire)

Former Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre has described allegations made by Baroness Doreen Lawrence against the paper’s publisher as “especially bewildering and bitterly wounding”, the High Court has been told.

The Duke of Sussex, Sir Elton John and Lady Lawrence are part of a group of seven high-profile individuals bringing legal action against Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) over allegations of unlawful information gathering.