The legal director of Mirror Group Newspapers has repeatedly denied having knowledge of any illegal newsgathering techniques. Latest updates:
Court is not due to sit next week, and will return in June, when Prince Harry is expected to give evidence in his civil trial against Mirror Group Newspapers.
Mr Partington told the court that infringing on a person's privacy was"a matter for editors" and the legal team did not need to know the source of a story to give advice "Mr Partington I have to put it to you that this period is a highly significant one," Mr Sherborne says. Mr Brown was sacked in 2006 after an investigation claimed to have found that he had put his byline on unused stories he had bought from a Daily Mirror colleague.
Mr Sherborne attempts to ask Mr Partington if the note refers to the fact he knew the contents of Mr Brown's statement are true - but there is an interjection from Andrew Green KC, representing MGN, and Mr Sherborne moves on.Les Dennis recalls distress at private details being 'exploited' for 'purpose of entertainment'
In his witness statement, released to the court this afternoon and submitted under his real name Leslie Heseltine, the actor says his relationship with Ms Holden was the subject of"intense media attention and intrusion". Despite the publisher accepting there was no justification for publishing the article, the comedian says he still finds it"unsettling and distressing" that"private, intimate and sensitive times of my life were exploited and intruded upon for the purpose of entertaining its readers and for generating profits for MGN".
In his witness statement, Mr Partington says the reference to Mr Hoare being a"criminal" was in relation to a plan to import tobacco from Spain to the UK without paying taxes. Mr Partington responds:"If we'd had a complaint from police we would have been notified - the possibility of a complaint, no."
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