The mother of Sarah Payne, the murdered schoolgirl, has been told by detectives that a mobile phone given to her by the News of the World may have later been hacked by a private investigator working on behalf of the same newspaper.
Sara Payne was visited by officers from Scotland Yard’s Operation Weeting, who confirmed that her contact details were on a list compiled by Glenn Mulcaire.
Her friend, Shy Keenan, said Mrs Payne, whose daughter was murdered by Roy Whiting, a paedophile, in 2000, was “absolutely devastated” by the news.
Mrs Payne worked closely with the News of the World on a campaign that led to parents being given the right to check whether people with access to their children had convictions for sexual offences. She wrote an article for the newspaper’s final edition in which she described staff as “good and trusted friends”.
The phone in question was said to have been given to Mrs Payne 11 years ago by Rebekah Brooks when she was the editor of the tabloid.
Mrs Brooks confirmed yesterday that Mrs Payne had been given a telephone but stressed it was from the News of the World and not a personal gift from her.
Photo of sara with her sister Charlotte, 6, taken by their brother Luke, 11, in June 2000.
Sarah Payne's Parents
Sara and Michael Payne leave Lewes crown court in east Sussex on December 12 2001 after Roy Whiting, 42, was found guilty of kidnapping and murdering their daughter Sarah, eight. The schoolgirl was snatched on July 1 2000 from a country lane near her grandparents' home in Kingston Gorse, West Sussex. Her body was found 16 days later in a shallow grave off the A29 road in Pulborough
Family
Sarah Payne's family make a visit on July 19 2000 to the scene where her body was discovered beside the A29 near Pulborough, West Sussex.
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