The judge in the case involving Prince Harry and other public figures suing the publisher of the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday has warned that they "may have to adjust their expectations" of a private detective who has denied claims that he "confessed" to hacking them for Associated Newspapers.
The claimants have cited Gavin Burrows' alleged admissions of phone hacking, house and car bugging as a catalyst for their legal action, but Mr. Burrows has given a statement to the High Court setting out detailed denials to the allegations. Mr. Justice Nicklin told the court that the claimants "may have to adjust their expectations of Mr. Burrows in light of the statement he made." Mr. Burrows is a key witness in the case, and the claimants have given the court a "Burrows statement" from 18 months ago in which he allegedly catalogued "hundreds of jobs" he did for the Mail's newspapers, including mobile phone hacking, landline tapping, and bugging victims' homes and cars.
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