Rupert Murdochs firm hoped to stave off corporate prosecution over allegations of phone hacking, defence counsel claims
Rupert Murdochs News International hoped by shopping their own staff to police, the publisher could stave off corporate prosecution over allegations of phone hacking and corrupt payments and save 46,000 jobs in the United States, it was claimed in court.
The companys Management Standards Committee (MSC) set up to internally investigate business practices in the wake of the allegations, believed by handing material on individual employees to police a wider corporate charge could be avoided, it was alleged.
