Lewis Sproston, the boyfriend of murdered model Sally Anne Bowman, has become the latest figure to take legal action against the News of the World over alleged phone-hacking.

Sproston dropped Bowman, 18, off at her home in the early hours of 25 September 2005, and was arrested on suspicion of her murder, before DNA evidence quickly eliminated him as a suspect.

Now Sproston, a plasterer, is demanding damages from both News Group Newspapers, publishers of the now defunct News of the World, and disgraced private investigator Glenn Mulcaire.