Phone hacking scandal

Phone hacking scandal: senior News of the World reporter arrested

 A senior reporter at the News of the World has been arrested by detectives investigating the phone-hacking scandal. 

James Weatherup, who has also worked as a news editor with the Sunday tabloid, is being questioned at a London police station, sources said.

The journalist is the third person arrested since the Metropolitan Police reopened their inquiry into claims that staff at the top-selling newspaper hacked into the answerphone messages of celebrities and politicians.

Mr Weatherup was arrested by Scotland Yard's Operation Weeting team on suspicion of unlawfully intercepting mobile phone voicemail messages.

A police spokesman said a 55-year-old man was arrested at 8am and taken to a London police station.

"He remains in custody for questioning after being arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to unlawfully intercept communications," he added.

 "The Operation Weeting team is conducting the new investigation into phone-hacking. It would be inappropriate to discuss any further details regarding this case at this time."

The arrest further underlines the Metropolitan Police's determination to investigate the scandal thoroughly after criticism that an earlier inquiry was inadequate.
Neville Thurlbeck, 50, and Ian Edmondson, 42, were held by earlier this month and have been released on police bail to return in September.
Mr Weatherup has worked on national papers for 25 years, according to his LinkedIn webpage.
"My posts include reporter, chief reporter, deputy news editor and news editor of The People and News of the World newspapers," he writes.
"As well as breaking exclusive stories, managing huge budgets, I also advised stars on PR and media-related matters."

Scotland Yard has endured repeated criticism over its handling of the original phone-hacking inquiry, which led to the conviction of News of the World royal editor Clive Goodman and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire in 2007.
The paper's former editor, Andy Coulson, resigned as Prime Minister David Cameron's director of communications in January as he admitted that the ongoing row about the affair was making his job impossible.
Days later the Met launched a fresh investigation, code-named Weeting, after receiving "significant new information" from News International.
Last week, eight people who had made claims against the News of the World, including actress Sienna Miller and former culture secretary Tessa Jowell, received apologies from the newspaper.
The joint statement came as it emerged that News International has written to another nine claimants in the phone-hacking scandal, asking them to provide further evidence that journalists intercepted their voicemails.

Source : Telegraph

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Yes, yes I know Nadzy has conquered this blog like anything. It revolves around animals and their abusers and then some talk about madness behind my back. Well, the good thing is that we are not getting any unwanted attention at least :D...thanks to such posts. It reminds me of days when a group of thugs followed us religiously. Good old days man. I sometimes miss them too. Such a long time has passed.

Anyway, I get some decent time to write on weekends only. So, I'll just write some of my thoughts down. Nadzy is taking revenge from me. She talks to me and wants me to get up just the way I did when she slept. She is getting back to me now :x. On both the days I did get up yeah. She is trying this new sleep routine. People try the new diet and stuff and she is working on the sleep routine. It is getting weird. But it is a change yeah.

What really disturbed me today. It angered me a lot. I saw this picture in the paper where some unaware and ignorant Karachi zoo visitors spitted paan on the alligator's face. This is terrible. Terrible! It is not enough that people throw the waste everywhere. But, then poor animals they are the worst victims here. It is not sad. It is so disgusting. Because no body cares, there are no rules and monitoring here. You can see the snapshot I took from Dawn e-paper. People just spoil everything here.

Anyway, besides that our new D doesn't like to work. All he wants to do is run back home. That's another strange trait people have. You are getting paid so you do the work man. But no, people just want money for nothing. And they think people are blind.

And then among some of the few good decisions I have made now, one is to quit smoking. And secondly, keeping myself away from people who pass on negativity. Some people I know are acting weird. They are sad but they force themselves to be so damn happy. I don't get it ...why oh why? Just go with the flow man. It is all natural. But I am sure, they would have some weird opinion about me too.

Yesterday, some GT was organized by another group of fakesters. wow fakesters! That's sounds so wrong :P. I didn't go. I was a bit confused whether to go or not. But then it was useless for me. I wouldn't have enjoyed the fakesters GT and so I stayed back and did my own work. And what they think of me...I really don't care.

We got this new cat. He does fight with other cats when he is in the mood. He is madly in love with a bown kitty Nadzy picked from the road. She is quite lucky. Her story of walking on the road, talking to a funny stranger and then coming in a new home. And then finding a handsome guy. That's quite a happy story. Anyway, this white male cat of ours although he fights with others, he has started acting like a baby. And he gets scared when he sees big shoes, the laptop or even the book.

This friend of mine...she is getting bored these days sitting at home. She says she has a lot of time. She wants to work again. I was telling her that she needs to work on her hobbies. Do things she didn't do before. She needs to go the club and walk and jog. And while she would be walking-swimming-jogging-playing or whatever...she might meet someone totally brand new and who know what would happen.

Yeah - don't get shocked. Even I can spread hope and happiness around :D

Kitty of the week!

“I’ve only to pick up a newspaper, & when I read it I seem to see ghosts gliding between the lines. I should think there must be ghosts all over the country – as countless as grains of sand. And we are, all of us, so pitifully afraid of the light.”

Henrik Ibsen

Whenever I look at this pic, it reminds me of my cat Rhea. She had leukemia but she was one hell of a brave girl. I’ve never met anyone like her.