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Leveson Inquiry: Dowlers appear Leveson Inquiry: Hacked Dowlers thought Milly was alive
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The parents of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler are giving evidence at the Leveson Inquiry, the first witnesses to appear. The mother of murdered Milly Dowler has told the Leveson Inquiry she did not sleep for three days after discovering her daughter's phone was hacked.
Sally and Bob Dowler are expected to describe the heartbreak caused by the News of the World hacking into their daughter's phone when she was missing. Sally Dowler said the intrusion had led her to believe the teenager was alive and checking her messages.
The inquiry is looking into "culture, practices and ethics" of the media. Mrs Dowler and her husband Bob were the first witnesses to appear at the inquiry into the "culture, practices and ethics" of the media.
Also set to give evidence this week are celebrities including Sienna Miller, JK Rowling and Steve Coogan. Celebrities Hugh Grant, Steve Coogan and JK Rowling are due to appear later.
Mrs Dowler described to the inquiry how they reacted when they could again get through to her previously-full voicemail.
"I rang her phone and it clicked through on to her voicemail and I just jumped and said: 'She's picked up her voicemails Bob, she's alive'. When we heard about the hacking that was the first thing I thought."
She added: "I told my friends, 'she's picked up her voicemail, she's picked up her voicemail'.
'Really cross'
The couple also described how they were secretly photographed as they privately reconstructed Milly's last walk, seven weeks after she disappeared.
Mrs Dowler said: "We put out missing leaflets and a telephone number. That number had changed and I was checking to see if the right poster was up and I was touching the posters to see if they were they were the right ones.
"That Sunday, that photo appeared in the News of the World. I remember seeing it and I was really cross. They had obviously taken the photo with some sort of telephoto lens. How on earth did they know we were doing the walk on that day?
"It felt like such an intrusion into a really, really private grief moment."
In the coming weeks, the families of crime victims, journalists and lawyers are among the other witnesses expected to describe their experiences of media intrusion.In the coming weeks, the families of crime victims, journalists and lawyers are among the other witnesses expected to describe their experiences of media intrusion.
Prime Minister David Cameron set up the judge-led inquiry in July in response to revelations that the News of the World hacked 13-year-old Milly's phone.Prime Minister David Cameron set up the judge-led inquiry in July in response to revelations that the News of the World hacked 13-year-old Milly's phone.
The first part, which formally began last Monday, is looking at the culture, practices and ethics of the press in general. 'Mentally raped'
The second part, examining the extent of unlawful activities by journalists, will not begin until detectives have completed their work and any prosecutions have concluded.
'Mentally raped'
The Dowlers will talk about the impact of private investigator Glenn Mulcaire deleting some of the schoolgirl's voicemail messages, giving them false hope she was still alive.
Grant is expected to tell the inquiry about how paparazzi have hounded the mother of his baby daughter, who earlier this month gained a High Court injunction prohibiting media harassment of her and her child.Grant is expected to tell the inquiry about how paparazzi have hounded the mother of his baby daughter, who earlier this month gained a High Court injunction prohibiting media harassment of her and her child.
The inquiry is also due to hear from Lawyer Graham Shear, who represents celebrities that have had their phones hacked and who is also a victim himself of the illegal practice, and writer Joan Smith, whose phone was allegedly hacked because of her relationship with MP Denis MacShane.The inquiry is also due to hear from Lawyer Graham Shear, who represents celebrities that have had their phones hacked and who is also a victim himself of the illegal practice, and writer Joan Smith, whose phone was allegedly hacked because of her relationship with MP Denis MacShane.
On Tuesday, comedian Coogan, supermodel Elle Macpherson's former business adviser Mary-Ellen Field, former Premiership footballer Garry Flitcroft and Margaret Watson, whose daughter Diane was stabbed to death at her Glasgow school, will give evidence.On Tuesday, comedian Coogan, supermodel Elle Macpherson's former business adviser Mary-Ellen Field, former Premiership footballer Garry Flitcroft and Margaret Watson, whose daughter Diane was stabbed to death at her Glasgow school, will give evidence.
Gerry McCann, father of missing child Madeleine, and who has described how his wife Kate felt "mentally raped" when the now-defunct News of the World published her highly-personal diary, is due to appear on Wednesday.Gerry McCann, father of missing child Madeleine, and who has described how his wife Kate felt "mentally raped" when the now-defunct News of the World published her highly-personal diary, is due to appear on Wednesday.
Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne's ex-wife Sheryl, journalist Tom Rowland and lawyer Mark Lewis, who represents the Dowlers and other phone-hacking victims and was followed by investigators for the tabloid, will also appear.Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne's ex-wife Sheryl, journalist Tom Rowland and lawyer Mark Lewis, who represents the Dowlers and other phone-hacking victims and was followed by investigators for the tabloid, will also appear.
Sienna Miller, JK Rowling and Max Mosley will speak on Thursday.Sienna Miller, JK Rowling and Max Mosley will speak on Thursday.
Self regulation The first part of the inquiry formally began last Monday. The second part, examining the extent of unlawful activities by journalists, will not begin until detectives have completed their work and any prosecutions have concluded.
Last week, inquiry chairman Lord Justice Leveson said in his opening remarks that he regarded the freedom of the press as fundamental in a democracy. He said the inquiry would be about "who guards the guardians".
During its first three days, the inquiry heard from representatives of news organisations, alleged victims of press intrusion, the Metropolitan Police and the National Union of Journalists (NUJ).
They discussed the Press Complaints Commission (PCC), the print media's current system of self-regulation.
Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger and representatives of News International and Associated Newspapers backed the scheme.
However, a lawyer for Northern and Shell, which owns the Daily Express and Star newspapers and has opted out of the PCC, said the inquiry should consider examples of voluntary regulation of the press elsewhere in the world.
The inquiry also heard that seized notebooks belonging to Mulcaire - who was jailed in 2007 for phone hacking for the NoW - suggested 28 journalists could have made requests to him.
News International's lawyer Rhodri Davies QC disputed this, saying that Mulcaire's notes potentially pointed to just five journalists, and Neil Garnham QC, representing the Metropolitan Police, later said police could not confirm the 28 had all worked for the NoW.
The Leveson Inquiry hearings will be streamed live on the BBC News website