Leveson Inquiry

Leveson Inquiry

The Leveson Inquiry is a public inquiry into the ethics of the British press. It's called the Leveson Inquiry because it's chaired by Lord Justice Leveson. A series of interviews were held to investigate properly what lengths the press took to find information. Such as phone hacking and bribes to make sure they have good press. They continued to hack the voicemails of celebrities like Heather Mills, Ryan Giggs, Sienna Miller, Hugh Grant and many more. Hugh Grant went on to make a documentary where he investigated what happened and he searched for justice.

The main stories that stood out in the Leveson Inquiry are these:

JK Rowling
JK Rowling is the famous author for the Harry Potter series. A reporter managed to stick a note into her five year old daughters bag as a letter to JK Rowling. The reporter had previously gave the note to one of the five year olds teacher and she put it in her bag for her.


Charlotte Church
Charlotte Church was offered £100,000 when she was 13 to sing at Rupert Murdoch's wedding in exchange for good press. However, when she was 16 she was stalked by the paparazzi and they even hacked her phone.


Milly Dowlers parents
This is the investigation that started the whole Leveson Inquiry off. Milly Dowler is a girl that went missing and the news of the world hacked into the girls phone. Whenever Milly Dowlers parents would try and get into contact with her they would listen to the voice mails and quote the parents in the newspapers. However, when the voicemail got full the news of the world started deleting voicemails so Milly Dowlers parents thought she was still alive when she was in fact dead.


Madeline Mcann's parents 
Madein Mcann is a little girl that went missing when on holiday with her parents. The news of the world had reported in the newspaper that the parents were possibly responsible and they could have killed their little girl. The news of the world then managed to steal Madeline Mcanns private diary and post it in their newspaper.