Daily Mail journalist says phone hacking allegations are ‘despicable’

A Daily Mail journalist who led a 25-year campaign for justice for Stephen Lawrence accused the barrister representing the murdered teenager’s mother of smearing him. Stephen Wright has defended himself against ‘despicable allegations’ that he spied on Baroness Lawrence, Stephen’s mother. Mr Wright, a married father of two who has won multiple awards for his work on crime and policing, continued his evidence today as part of the ongoing High Court trial against the Daily Mail publisher. It is claimed…