Witness Statements and Hearing Transcripts:
15 Mar 2012:
Alastair Brett | Stephen Wright | Michael Sullivan | Mark Hughes (The Telegraph) (taken as read) | Clive Driscoll | Transcripts: Morning Hearing 15 March 2012 | Afternoon Hearing 15 March 2012 |
Other witness statements: module 2 | module 1 |
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Leveson inquiry: Alastair Brett, Mike Sullivan, Stephen Wright appear
• Sun’s Sullivan says he was within met PR chief’s ‘inner circle’
• Told that Met ‘graded’ journalists by favourable coverage
• Mail’s Wright: CRA briefings used to ‘control flow of information’
• Wright: ‘There’s no trickery in my reporting’
• Ex-Times lawyer: NightJack reporter’s statement ‘not full story’
• Senior police officer: leaks to press in Stephen Lawrence case
• Says such leaks can ‘undermine a good investigation’
• Adds someone was ‘deliberately attempting to disrupt’ inquiry
