Ex Mail boss Paul Dacre claims lawyer for hacking claimants ‘is smearing the living and the dead’

Former Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre accepted hacking phones was wrong as he denied his newspaper was involved in the practice. Mr Dacre, 77, was editor of the Daily Mail from 1992 to 2018 and continued his evidence today (weds) as part of the ongoing High Court trial against the Daily Mail publisher. Seven complainants, including Prince Harry, Sir Elton John and Doreen Lawrence, are seeking damages from Associated Newspapers. They allege journalists hired private investigators or ‘inquiry agents’ to…