Rupert Murdoch’s company ‘actively frustrated’ Met’s phone-hacking investigation

Will Lewis, now chief executive of the Washington Post, has previously strongly denied wrongdoing at NGN Photograph: The Washington Post/Getty Images

Rupert Murdoch’s company, News Group Newspapers, has been accused by former detectives of having “actively frustrated” their UK investigation into phone hacking, with one concluding a senior executive could have been arrested for perverting the course of justice, according to a newly disclosed court document.

The senior executive, Will Lewis, is now chief executive and publisher of the Washington Post.