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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Michael Savage Media editor

Gordon Brown makes criminal complaint against Rupert Murdoch’s media empire

Former prime minister Gordon Brown
Former prime minister Gordon Brown alleges he is a ‘victim of the obstruction of the course of justice’ by News Group Newspapers. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

The former prime minister Gordon Brown has made a new complaint to British police over allegations that Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper empire obstructed justice, after stating he has spoken to officers involved in the original phone-hacking inquiry.

Writing in the Guardian, Brown says one of the detectives alleged they believed there was “significant evidence” that News Group Newspapers (NGN) deleted millions of emails to pervert the course of justice.

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