Gordon Brown makes criminal complaint against Rupert Murdoch’s media empire

Exclusive: Former British PM urges police to reopen inquiry - and claims media executive Will Lewis attempted to incriminate him

• I have now spoken to police officers who say they were misled by Murdoch's empire. I won't let this rest | Gordon Brown

The former prime minister Gordon Brown has made a new complaint to British police over allegations that Rupert Murdoch's newspaper empire obstructed justice, after stating he has spoken to officers involved in the original phone-hacking inquiry.

Writing in the Guardian, Brown said one of the detectives had alleged they believed there was significant evidence" that News Group Newspapers (NGN) deleted millions of emails to pervert the course of justice.