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James Blunt settles phone hacking lawsuit against News International

Singer and restaurant owner James Blunt has finally put an end to his legal action against News International over the News of the World phone-hacking scandal.

Blunt's law firm, Carter-Ruck, explained how he was contacted by officers from Operation Weeting in 2011 "to inform him that he was a victim of phone hacking", adding that he "has always been security conscious, in the knowledge that he was in telephone contact with serving members of the armed services who were on operations in Afghanistan and Iraq".

"He had even changed his voicemail pin in 2006 and so was shocked and concerned to learn that he had been targeted by the News of the World and that his privacy had been violated," a spokesperson from Carter-Ruck continued.

Blunt took legal action against News Group Newspapers over the hacking in September last year and a statement issued by Carter-Ruck today (December 17) confirmed that he "has successfully settled his claim against News Group Newspapers over the hacking of his voicemail by the News of the World".

 

 

 

Watch footage of Blunt's new restaurant below: