Neil Wallis – my phone hacking trial was ‘politically motivated’

Former News of the World Deputy Editor Neil Wallis was found not guilty of conspiring to hack phones – and gave his first TV interview to Krishnan Guru-Murthy.

“I was sitting in a dock where terrorists, murderers and rapists have sat. What happened was appalling, but it wasn’t as bad as that. How much have they spent on this – and not catching paedophiles?”

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