New evidence has emerged revealing that News International sought to destroy “unhelpful” emails in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal.

The revelations have come in court documents released to the Daily Telegraph by the High Court. According to the Telegraph, the documents were created by lawyers acting for the phone-hacking victims based on evidence provided by News Corp‘s management and standards committee.

Yesterday, singer Charlotte Church became the latest of around 50 News of the World phone-hacking targets to settle her case with News International for an out of court cash payment