Former Mail on Sunday journalist denies being PI ‘handler’ at high court

Ex-investigations editor Paul Henderson says allegation he was link for corrupt private investigators is an ‘absolute lie’ A former Mail on Sunday journalist has denied being the “handler” of a private investigator alleged to have bugged homes and tapped the phones of his targets, the high court has heard. Paul Henderson, who was the Mail on Sunday’s investigations editor and briefly its news editor, said it was surreal to be described as having a close relationship with Gavin Burrows, a private investigator whose disputed confessions provide the most serious accusations of unlawful information gathering against the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday. Continue reading...

By Michael Savage Media editor