Ryan Giggs brother Rhodri accepts substantial damages after having phone hacked
Rhodri Giggs was one of 13 figures to settle claims for unlawful information-gathering from the publisher of the News of the World
14:33, 4 MAR 2021
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Phone-hacking: Noel Fielding among latest celebrities to accept damages
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Great British Bake Off presenter Noel Fielding and Ryan Giggs brother Rhodri are among the latest people to accept substantial damages over phone-hacking by tabloid journalists.
News Group Newspapers (NGN) apologised for distress caused by the illegal interception of voicemails.
NGN s paper, News of the World, was closed down in 2011 after years of phone-hacking came to light.
Hundreds of celebrities and members of the public have since won compensation.
Mr Fielding s solicitor, Alex Cochrane, told a court hearing in London on Thursday that the Mighty Boosh and Never Mind The Buzzcocks star had identified a number of articles published between 2006 and 2010 which he claimed contained his private information and were suspicious .
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