Phone hacking: Kelly Hoppen settles with News of the World publisher

Interior designer accepts £60,000 plus costs, while Ashley Cole joins test cases over levels of compensation Interior designer Kelly Hoppen has settled her phone-hacking claim against the publisher of the News of the World, after it agreed to pay her compensation of £60,000 plus costs. Hoppen sued News Group Newspapers, former News of the World journalist Dan Evans and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire for misuse of private information and breach of confidence. She alleged they intercepted messages left on her mobile phone from 2004 to 2006. It emerged in the high court on Friday that NGN had admitted this in April this year. Separately, footballer Ashley Cole, who is also suing NGN, will have his case heard at trial as one of several test cases designed to set the level of compensation the publisher will have to pay to victims if they win their cases. More details soon … •

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