Alastair Campbell tells high court Piers Morgan authorised reporters to hack into bank account

Former editor allegedly told reporter to obtain details of Campbell's mortgage payments in 1999

Piers Morgan told reporters to hack into Alastair Campbell's bank account in the hope of finding incriminating transactions, it has been claimed at the high court.

Morgan, then editor of the Daily Mirror, allegedly told reporter Gary Jones to obtain details of Campbell's mortgage payments in 1999. The court heard that Jones then subcontracted the work to private investigator Jonathan Rees.