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Pressure mounting on News Corp in Dowler murder case
by Rahul K. Chaudhary - July 6, 2011 - comments
Dowler was found dead by mushroom pickers six months after she was kidnapped by Levi Bellfield, a serial killer who was convicted for her killing two weeks ago.
Ford Motors’ U.K division has pulled advertising from the News of the World Tuesday following allegations that top selling newspaper from News Corp allegedly supported the phone-hacking of a 13-year-old kidnapped girl Milly Dowler.
Ford’s ads placements will now rely on alternate media within and outside the suspected News Corp.
Leading politicians and corporations have criticized the company and Rebekah Brooks, News Corp’s chief executive of British News International division.
Brooks was the editor of News of the World at the time of Dowler’s abduction, murder and her mobile hacking affair in 2002.
Dowler abduction and murder case
Dowler was found dead by mushroom pickers six months after she was kidnapped by Levi Bellfield, a serial killer who was convicted for her killing two weeks ago.
Bellfield, who is already in prison for two other murders, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the abduction and murder of Dowler.
The hacker had reportedly deleted the messages stored on Dowler’s phone, which led her parents to believe that she was alive during that period of time.
For now, UK police is investigating the involvement of a private detective hired by News Corp for hacking Milly Dowler’s phone to trace the voice messages after her 2002 seizure.
Though Mulcaire did not directly claimed responsibility in Dowler’s phone breaching episode, he said that interfering in police investigations was never his motive.
Hacker partly admits crime
The News of the World’s suspected role in Dowler murder case surfaced out when Glenn Mulcaire's, a private investigator for tabloid, interview published in ‘Guardian’ on Monday.
Though Mulcaire did not directly claimed responsibility in Dowler’s phone breaching episode, he said that interfering in police investigations was never his motive.
"I want to apologize to anybody who was hurt or upset by what I have done. I've been to court. I've pleaded guilty. And I've gone to prison and been punished. I still face the possibility of further criminal prosecution,” said Mulcaire.
He added that at NoW, he was under "constant demand for results".
Dowler family’s legal representative had not responded to investigations about the phone-hacking contentions by Tuesday afternoon.
Meanwhile, Britain police is also investigating the murder case of two other schoolgirls, Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells. The Scotland Yard is also investigating whether the phones of victims of the 2005 train and bus bombings had also been hacked.