Former England footballer Kieron Dyer settles Mirror phone-hacking case
by Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6SBY2)
Dyer receives apology and undisclosed sum after MGN Limited admitted unlawful access of private information
The former Newcastle United and England footballer, Kieron Dyer, has received an apology at the high court after settling his phone-hacking case against the Daily Mirror in return for a financial payout.
The Mirror's owners, MGN Limited, admitted to unlawfully intercepting Dyer's voicemails between March 2003 and December 2004, and using private investigators to unlawfully obtain private information on eight occasions between 2003 and 2005.
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