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The Guardian - UK
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Michael Savage Media editor

Researcher paid people for testimony about Daily Mail, high court told

Graham Johnson, pictured in 2014
Graham Johnson is a former phone hacker who later turned to researching unlawful activity in the press. Photograph: Mark Thomas/Rex

A researcher investigating lawbreaking by the media paid private investigators and ex-journalists for their testimony about alleged unlawful activity at the publisher of the Daily Mail, the high court has heard.

Graham Johnson, a former phone hacker who later turned to researching unlawful activity in the press, confirmed he had made payments to six people who all feature in the case Prince Harry and others have brought against Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL).

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