Private investigation in Portsmouth hit the news today as a Portsmouth private investigator, Glenn Mulcaire, was arrested this week in connection with phone hacking and perverting the course of justice, according to reports.
The private investigator has previously served time in jail for hacking phones of royal aides on behalf of the News of the World. Police said that a 41-year-old man had been arrested, but refused to confirm his identity. Officers from Scotland Yard’s Operation Weeting said the man was arrested in London on suspicion of conspiring to intercept voicemail messages.
He was being held in custody at a south London police station, a spokesman said. The Metropolitan Police spokesman added: ‘On December 7, 2011 officers from Operation Weeting arrested a man in connection with phone hacking and perverting the course of justice.
‘At 7am officers arrested the man at an address in London on suspicion of conspiring to intercept voicemail messages, contrary to Section 1 (1) of the Criminal Law Act 1977 and on suspicion of perverting the course of justice contrary to common law. The man is currently in custody at a south London police station.
‘It would be inappropriate to discuss any further details at this time.’
This is the 18th arrest in Operation Weeting, which is investigating claims of phone-hacking at the News of the World.
However, no one has yet been charged as part of the £3million investigation.