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

Former phone hacker Graham Johnson denies claims, saying payments were part of effort to draw attention to unlawful behaviour by mediaA 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., 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 against Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL).