Les Hinton giving evidence in 2007

Former executive chairman of News International Les Hinton giving evidence to the committee in 2007

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Former executive chairman of News International Les Hinton will give evidence to the culture, media and sport select committee on phone hacking via video link later this month.

The committee today announced a series of further evidence sessions as part of its investigation into allegations of wrongdoing.

Hinton is due to appear at 12.30pm on 24 October after being called to give evidence last month.

He resigned from parent company News Corporation in July, as which point he was chief executive officer of Dow Jones and publisher of the Wall Street Journal.

In a letter to MPs, sent prior to being called to appear, Hinton reportedly told the committee he stands by evidence given in 2007 and 2009, when he said he believed the paper's former royal correspondent Clive Goodman, who was convicted of conspiracy to intercept telephone calls in 2007, was the only person involved.

The committee has also announced evidence sessions on 19 October with Julian Pike, a partner at law firm Farrer & Co and Mark Lewis, a partner at Taylor Hampton Solicitors.

Lewis represented football boss Gordon Taylor in his phone hacking lawsuit against the News of the World and currently represents the family of Milly Dowler, who are suing the News of the World over claims that a private investigator hacked into her voicemail while she was missing in March 2002.

News International has said it is in "advanced negotiations" with the Dowler family with reports claiming a compensation settlement could reach more than £2 million.
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