was the daily mail newspaper group morally capable of lending itself to the framing of deceased broadcaster jimmy saville on trumped up charges of sex abuse

 

This week the Daily Mail and its owners styling themselves Associated Newspapers group, are facing charges emanating from celebrities, private citizens and a member of the royal family, accusing the publishers of various acts of serial spying on named individuals.

Those making the charges include the singer Elton John, Prince Harry of the British royal family, actress Sadie Frost and elderly pensioner Doreen Lawrence.

Doreen Lawrence is the mother of murdered black teenager Stephen Lawrence. Her son was murdered at the age of 18 in 1993 in what is considered to have been a racially motivated street attack.

Among the charges which Elton John, Prince Harry, Sadie Frost and Doreen Lawrence have levelled at the Daily Mail, are the following: Paying police for private information; bugging of cars and phones; use of private detectives for spying; illegally accessing bank accounts and credit histories; impersonating their targeted victims to gain medical information from hospitals and health authorities.

Associated Newspapers the owners of the Daily Mail, are quoted today as saying: "We utterly and unambiguously refute these preposterous smears. These unsubstantiated and highly defamatory claims, based on no credible evidence, appear to be simply a fishing expedition by claimants and their lawyers," 

The Daily Mail has accrued debts in excess of a billion dollars.