"Christopher Jefferies, a retired schoolteacher and landlord from Bristol, was wrongfully arrested in 2010 for the murder of Joanna Yeates, a landscape architect. He took legal action against News Group Newspapers (NGN), which publishes the Sun, in 2022 over alleged voicemail interception. NGN also published the News of the World, which was closed after the phone-hacking scandal. It has now emerged in court that Jefferies and NGN settled a claim at the high court in November 2024."
"News UK, the parent company of NGN, said the settlement was made on the basis of the invasion of Jefferies' privacy by the News of the World. NGN agreed to pay damages, but the court was told it did so with no admission of liability in relation to the claimant's allegations of voicemail interception and/or other unlawful information gathering at the Sun."
Christopher Jefferies, a retired schoolteacher and landlord from Bristol, was wrongfully arrested in 2010 after his tenant Joanna Yeates disappeared and was later found dead. Lurid newspaper stories about Jefferies appeared throughout 2011, and he says private information about his life was published, damaging his standing and relationships. Jefferies sued News Group Newspapers in 2022 over alleged voicemail interception. Jefferies and NGN settled a high court claim in November 2024, with NGN agreeing to pay damages and apologising for the invasion of his privacy by the News of the World, while denying liability for voicemail interception or unlawful information gathering at the Sun. Vincent Tabak was later convicted and jailed for Yeates's murder.
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