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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

Former England footballer Kieron Dyer settles Mirror phone-hacking case

Kieron Dyer
Dyer said photographers would often be waiting for him when he met close friends and family in the early 2000s. Photograph: Dennis Goodwin/ProSports/Rex/Shutterstock

The former Newcastle United and England footballer, Kieron Dyer, has received an apology at the high court after settling his phone-hacking case against the Daily Mirror in return for a financial payout.

The Mirror’s owners, MGN Limited, admitted to unlawfully intercepting Dyer’s voicemails between March 2003 and December 2004, and using private investigators to unlawfully obtain private information on eight occasions between 2003 and 2005.

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