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Phone-hacking: Trinity Mirror apologises to its victims | Phone-hacking: Trinity Mirror apologises to its victims |
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Trinity Mirror - the owner and publisher of the Daily Mirror and the Sunday Mirror - has apologised to "all its victims of phone hacking". | Trinity Mirror - the owner and publisher of the Daily Mirror and the Sunday Mirror - has apologised to "all its victims of phone hacking". |
In an apology, published in the Daily Mirror, it said voicemails on certain people's phones were unlawfully accessed "some years ago". | In an apology, published in the Daily Mirror, it said voicemails on certain people's phones were unlawfully accessed "some years ago". |
Information found was then used in the papers, which was "an unacceptable intrusion" into private lives, it said. | Information found was then used in the papers, which was "an unacceptable intrusion" into private lives, it said. |
Trinity Mirror has already settled a number of phone-hacking claims. | Trinity Mirror has already settled a number of phone-hacking claims. |
The company told its shareholders it would set aside more money to pay the cost of settling further phone hacking claims that may emerge. | |
It has now set aside an extra £8m, taking the total to £12m, to cover compensation payments to victims and associated legal costs. | |
In the printed apology, it said: "It was unlawful and should never have happened, and fell far below the standards our readers expect and deserve. | In the printed apology, it said: "It was unlawful and should never have happened, and fell far below the standards our readers expect and deserve. |
"We are taking this opportunity to give every victim a sincere apology for what happened." | "We are taking this opportunity to give every victim a sincere apology for what happened." |
It said phone hacking had "long since been banished from Trinity Mirror's business and we are committed to ensuring it will not happen again". | It said phone hacking had "long since been banished from Trinity Mirror's business and we are committed to ensuring it will not happen again". |
Trinity Mirror also publishes the Sunday People which will carry the apology along with the Sunday Mirror. | |
Singer Cilla Black was among celebrities who settled phone-hacking claims for "substantial" damages in the High Court last month. | Singer Cilla Black was among celebrities who settled phone-hacking claims for "substantial" damages in the High Court last month. |
Actor Darren Day, EastEnders star Jessie Wallace and singer Peter Andre also settled claims against Mirror Group Newspapers, which is a subsidiary of Trinity Mirror. | Actor Darren Day, EastEnders star Jessie Wallace and singer Peter Andre also settled claims against Mirror Group Newspapers, which is a subsidiary of Trinity Mirror. |
The hacking was alleged to have taken place between 2000 and 2006. | The hacking was alleged to have taken place between 2000 and 2006. |
Settlements were also previously agreed with the former head coach of the England football team, Sven-Goran Eriksson, actor Christopher Eccleston, David and Victoria Beckham's former nanny Abbie Gibson, actor Shane Richie's wife Christie Roche and his friend and agent Phil Dale. | Settlements were also previously agreed with the former head coach of the England football team, Sven-Goran Eriksson, actor Christopher Eccleston, David and Victoria Beckham's former nanny Abbie Gibson, actor Shane Richie's wife Christie Roche and his friend and agent Phil Dale. |
Guilty of phone hacking | |
In September last year, Trinity Mirror admitted for the first time that some of its journalists had been involved in phone hacking, and said it would pay compensation to four people. | In September last year, Trinity Mirror admitted for the first time that some of its journalists had been involved in phone hacking, and said it would pay compensation to four people. |
They were entertainer Shane Richie, soap actresses Shobna Gulati and Lucy Benjamin, and BBC creative director Alan Yentob. | They were entertainer Shane Richie, soap actresses Shobna Gulati and Lucy Benjamin, and BBC creative director Alan Yentob. |
In November, former Sunday Mirror investigations editor Graham Johnson pleaded guilty to intercepting voicemail messages in 2001. | In November, former Sunday Mirror investigations editor Graham Johnson pleaded guilty to intercepting voicemail messages in 2001. |
He was the first Mirror Group Newspapers journalist to admit to phone hacking. | He was the first Mirror Group Newspapers journalist to admit to phone hacking. |
Trinity Mirror told shareholders: "As the process of dealing with the civil claims has progressed, it has become evident that the cost of resolving these claims will be higher than previously envisaged." | |
"Inevitably there remains some uncertainty as to how matters will progress and whether or not new allegations or claims will emerge and their possible financial impact." | |
Allegations of phone hacking at the News of the World, owned by News International, led to a large-scale police investigation that uncovered many victims and led to the newspaper's closure in 2011. | |
It also prompted the Leveson inquiry into press standards and regulation. |