Brian Paddick, a former deputy assistant commissioner at Scotland Yard who is also taking the police to court, suggested that his former colleagues» decision to cut short their original investigation may have been influenced by their links with the News of the World. (theguardian.com)
Brian Paddick, the Liberal Democrats» London mayoral candidate and a former deputy assistant commissioner at the Met, said he had been told by Met officers that there was «no evidence of illegal interception or monitoring of his phone» - despite the fact his name appeared under the heading of a «project» in Mulcaire's notes. (politics.co.uk)
On 12 July 2011, Metropolitan Police deputy assistant commissioner Sue Akers told MPs and the Home Affairs committee chairman Keith Vaz that police had contacted 170 of the 3,870 people named in Glenn Mulcaire's files to date. (en.wikipedia.org)