Sky News, the British news channel run by BSkyB, has admitted hacking emails of individuals suspected of criminal activity but said that it did so in the public interest.
The company, 39.1 per cent owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, said it authorised a journalist to access emails belonging to John Darwin, dubbed the “canoe man” because he faked his death in a canoeing accident, and his wife Anne.
An interactive feature on the Sky News website also featured a voicemail message from Mrs Darwin, but a spokeswoman said that this, too, had been obtained “via the Darwins’ computer-based email accounts”.
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