Mail titles kept using investigator after his conviction, court hears

Steve Whittamore says Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday remained his best customers' for two years after his 2005 conviction

A private investigator convicted of illegally obtaining secret information has said the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday remained his best customers" after his conviction, the high court has heard.

Steve Whittamore, who was convicted in 2005 and given a conditional discharge, said his activities for the publisher of the titles, Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL), spanned from 1998 to 2007.