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Hacking trial told police have evidence of 282 News of the World voicemail targets

By Press Association

A total of 282 people had their voicemails accessed 6,813 times by the News of the World, according to data presented to the hacking trial.

Detective Constable Richard Fitzgerald examined billing data from private investigator Glenn Mulcaire's phone, two communal lines at the News of the World and the phone of former royal editor Clive Goodman.

Data from 191 days in 2005 and 2006 showed Mulcaire made 1,450 calls to 87 different voicemails plus messages accessed via an Orange platform to 45 numbers, Fitzgerald told the Old Bailey.

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