“Bugging devices planted in a prison telephone were illegally used to record privileged conversations between an inmate and his solicitor, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 5th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Despite press reports to the contrary, public authorities tapped just 1,435 phones and not 250,000 in a nine month period in 2006. The larger figure includes less heavily regulated requests for information about phone usage.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th January 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“The prospect of phone-tap evidence being used in court, an issue at the heart of the dispute over proposed anti-terrorism measures, received a blow yesterday when the prime minister’s eavesdropping watchdog opposed the idea.”
The Guardian, 29th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Evidence from telephone taps and other surveillance should be permitted in legal hearings to freeze terrorists’ assets, Jacqui Smith proposed yesterday.”
The Times, 12th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Senior British managers of Vodafone are facing a private lawsuit from the family of a former employee who claim that he was murdered to stop him revealing a major phone-tapping scandal.”
The Observer, 25th November 2007
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk
“The Home Secretary has instructed an independent review to consider whether allowing wire-tap evidence in court would jeopardise secret eavesdropping methods.”
The Times, 5th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The UK government is looking to make wiretap evidence admissible in court as part of its latest review of anti-terrorism legislation.”
OUT-LAW.com, 8th June 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
“Peers have voted in favour of allowing telephone intercept evidence to be used in court in organised crime cases.”
BBC News, 26th April 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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