Lord Justice Leveson today paid tribute to Sunday Times foreign correspondent Marie Colvin, who was killed during a shell attack in the Syrian city of Homs last week.

Speaking at the start of the second part of the Leveson Inquiry, which will examine the relationship between journalists and the police, he also praised the work of Sunday Times photographer Paul Controy, who was injured during the attack and remains trapped in the city.

‘There is no better example of the very best in journalism than that provided by Marie Colvin, whose determination to illuminate events in the most dangerous corners of the world, whose life, body of work and the ultimate sacrifice that she made in doing so, all serve to underline the need to preserve and protect free speech and a free press,’he said.