Claims that James Murdoch knew three years ago that phone hacking at the News of the World was not confined to a single “rogue” reporter have been referred to the police. Labour MP Tom Watson said he was contacting Scotland Yard after two former senior executives at the paper publicly challenged Mr Murdoch’s evidence to the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee earlier this week. Prime Minister David Cameron said Mr Murdoch clearly had “questions to answer in Parliament” following the intervention of former editor Colin Myler and former legal manager Tom Crone. In his evidence to the committee on Tuesday, Mr Murdoch said he was unaware of an email suggesting hacking at the paper was…
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