Mazher Mahmood - the cricket 'sting' reporter, called by the phone hacking enquiry

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Witnesses, including 'fake sheikh' Mazher Mahmood, and core participants will start giving evidence next Monday
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/leveson-inquiry/8890596/Leveson-Inquiry-as-it-happened-November-14.html

Phone hacking 'a cottage industry': At least 28 News International journalists involved, inquiry told

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■ News International records showed that ‘Alexander’ – a pseudonym for Mulcaire – was paid between November 2005 and August 2006 for information relating to ‘Fergie’, ‘SAS’, ‘Wills’ and ‘Harry and Chelsy’.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2061593/Leveson-inquiry-Phone-hacking-cottage-industry-28-News-World-journalists-involved.html#ixzz1drZae0iF

('Fergie' refers to Sarah Ferguson, the Dutchess of York, ex-wife of Prince Andrew. 'The Fake Sheikh', Mazher Mahmood, did a sting on her, and an article in the NOTW, claiming that she was demanding £500,000 for providing access to Prince Andrew,)


"Do you know of Glenn Mulcaire, who was sent to prison for phone hacking at the News of the World?" Milne asked. "I have never met him, never spoken to Glenn Mulcaire in 20 years," Mahmood said.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/oct/12/mazher-mahmood-phone-hacking-pakistan

IF, and I say IF, he's proven to be one of the '28' mentioned above and involved, then he has not been truthful in the spot-fixing court case, and potentially committed perjury - which means spending time at Her Majesty's premises at Wandsworth !

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And you are hoping for a cricket match where he will come to bat and the bowler is....

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And you are hoping for a cricket match where he will come to bat and the bowler is....It won't be his wicket that he will be protecting ......

He might have to do a lot of fielding, hunched forward, at silly point.....

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Why I am out to nail Mazher Mahmood
Ex-national newspaper editor Roy Greenslade says it's time to root out underhand practices that bring the profession into disrepute

Sunday 16 April 2006

The reason is straightforward: Mahmood's methods debase journalism. They often amount to entrapment and, on occasion, appear to involve the use of agents provocateurs. People have been encouraged to commit crimes they would not otherwise have conceived. As if that wasn't enough, the public interest justification advanced for such activities by the NoW is almost always highly debatable.

Roy Greenslade is professor of journalism at London's City University and was editor of the 'Daily Mirror' from 1990-91

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/why-i-am-out-to-nail-mazher-mahmood-474264.html

He just might get his wish. :))

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What a sight it will be if he ends up with Mazhar Majeed at Wandsworth