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McConnell in legal action over hacking

LORD McConnell has spoken of difficult times he and his family have endured since learning that they had become potential victims of phone hacking.

POTENTIAL VICTIM: Strathclyde Police spoke to Jack McConnell.
POTENTIAL VICTIM: Strathclyde Police spoke to Jack McConnell.

The former First Minister confirmed he is taking legal action against Rupert Murdoch's News International.

The Labour peer was informed by Scotland Yard that his name and those of his son Mark and daughter Hannah, with their phone numbers, had been found in the notes of private detective Glenn Mulcaire, who worked for the News of the World.

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