It takes a lot for me to lower my opinion of the Murdoch Press...

[andrewducker]

Not just the hacking of Milly Dowler's voicemails;
not just listening in to every word spoken by a distressed relative;
not just deleting messages when the inbox was full, to make space for more messages;
but actually profiting from the brief moment of false hope when people thought that Milly Dowler must have deleted the messages herself and thus be alive, by sending hacks round to conduct an exclusive interview with the unaware family about their hopes

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Comments

[drainboy.livejournal.com]

I really hope there's some aspect of perverting the course of justice they can jail someone for.

[missedith01.livejournal.com]

The article makes the point that they were potentialy destroying evidence, so how about that for starters?

[missedith01.livejournal.com]

They are utter scumbags.

[randomchris.livejournal.com]

I'm hoping this will result in some of the bigger supermarket chains etc. starting to actually not sell them - which they have a right to do. Where are the online campaigns for that?

[lilysea.livejournal.com]

Deleting messages when the inbox was full, to make space for more messages

Yes, wouldn't this be destroying evidence the police needed, as missedith01 suggests?

Also (!) and *grrrrrrr*

[doubtingmichael.livejournal.com]

I'd hope the Dowlers can sue for emotional distress - I'd say they had a very good case, and it would dodge around the police quite thoroughly.

Meanwhile, Rebekah Brooks says it is "inconceivable" she knew about it. Altogether now: "I do not think that word means what you think it means". A lot of people are conceiving it right now.