Rupert Murdoch’s News International company has been found by a parliamentary committee to have “deliberately” tried to block a Scotland Yard criminal investigation into phone hacking at the News of the World.<\/p>\n
The report from MPs on the all-party home affairs committee will be released on Wednesday morning. Its publication has been moved forward in time for a statement on the scandal by the prime minister, David Cameron.<\/p>\n
The report’s central finding comes a day after Rupert and James Murdoch testified before the culture, media and sport committee. The home affairs committee report marks an official damning judgment on News International’s actions.<\/p>\n
It finds the company “deliberately” tried to “thwart” the 2005-2006 Metropolitan police investigation into phone hacking carried out by the News of the World.<\/p>\n
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