Murdoch faces 600 fresh phone-hacking allegations

Scotland Yard officers are reportedly investigating nearly 600 fresh claims of phone-hacking at media tycoon Rupert Murdoch’s now defunct UK tabloid News of the World. According to the paper, the 600 new potential litigants fall into three groups: new victims; others who sued over hacking, but signed agreements with NI allowing them to sue the company again; and a third group who signed agreements potentially barring them from suing again. The indications are that there may be 'some hundreds of new legal actions' from the first two groups. 

More than 250 people have already sued the company, including actors Jude Law and Sienna Miller, after they were told by police they were targeted by the paper. Last month, there was a fresh wave of arrests of former News of the World executives believed to have been prompted by the new evidence. So far eight former staff of the erstwhile tabloid, including former editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, faced charges in relation to allegations of conspiring to hack phones.

Source: http://cablequest.org/news/international-news/item/1899-murdoch-faces-600-fresh-phone-hacking-allegations.html