Ex-tabloid royal editor: I hacked Kate 155 times
Source: AP-Excite
By JILL LAWLESS
LONDON (AP) — The former royal editor of the News of the World said Wednesday that he repeatedly hacked the voicemails of Prince William, Prince Harry and Kate Middleton in the months before he was arrested for illegal eavesdropping in 2006.
Clive Goodman told Britain's phone hacking trial that he listened to Middleton's voicemails 155 times, Prince William's 35 times and Prince Harry's nine times.
Goodman was briefly jailed in 2007, along with private investigator Glenn Mulcaire, for hacking the phones of royal aides. But Goodman said police and prosecutors never asked him whether he had also targeted members of the royal family.
"I have been as open and honest about hacking as I can be, but nobody has asked me any questions about this before," said Goodman, 56.
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In this Friday, March 8, 2013 file photo, Clive Goodman, a former royal editor and reporter for the News of the World, arrives for a hearing at the Old Bailey court in London. The former royal editor of the News of the World says he hacked Kate Middleton{2019}s phone 155 times, most recently on the day before he was arrested in 2006. Clive Goodman also told Britain{2019}s phone hacking trial Wednesday that he eavesdropped on Prince William{2019}s voicemails 35 times and Prince Harry{2019}s nine times. Goodman was briefly jailed in 2007 for hacking the phones of royal aides, but he told the court police never asked him whether he had hacked members of the royal family. Earlier in the trial the jury was read transcripts of intercepted phone messages from the days when William and Kate were courting. Goodman and six others are on trial over wrongdoing at the now-defunct Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid. The defendants deny all the charges. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, file)
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