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July 12, 2013

Journalism Weekly: How Met legal actions hampered Sunday Times exposure of crime boss David Hunt

By Dominic Ponsford

You'd think that the Met Police would be pleased to help The Sunday Times succeed where it had failed, and expose notorious crime boss David Hunt. So why did the Met sue the paper and launch a huge leak inquiry when it was presented with evidence, not only of Hunt's criminal activity – but of the police force's own failings?

Read all about it in this week's Press Gazette – Journalism Weekly. .

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