Guardian: Phone-hacking scandal - Jonathan Rees obtained information using dark arts

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 03:01:38 GMT

As one of Britain's most prolific merchants of secrets, Rees expanded his network of sources by recruiting as his business partner Sid Fillery, a detective sergeant from the Metropolitan Police. Fillery added more officers to their network. Rees also boasted of recruiting corrupt Customs officers, a corrupt VAT inspector and two corrupt bank employees.