BARBATUS
Revealed: The Dirty Cop Behind Bid To Rescue Celeb Super Claim
Prince Harry and Baroness Doreen Lawrence are relying on a corrupt former Metropolitan police officer to rescue their legal claim of bugging and hacking by The Daily Mail.
Sir Elton John, his husband David Furnish, the model Liz Hurley and Sadie Frost are also pinning hopes on the dirty cop, as Mail journalists face cross-examination in London’s High Court over their use of private investigators (PI).
The new witness emerged shortly after a PI central to the super claim dramatically changed sides having originally admitted to extensive bugging and hacking of the celebrities for the newspaper.
Gavin Burrows now says those statements were confected and his signature forged. He is expected to give evidence alleging “blackmail” and misconduct by members of the claimants’ legal team.
Consequently, much now rests on the former cop, who told the court he fears repercussions from Burrows and other PIs unless his identity is kept secret and the media excluded from hearing his evidence.
During a news blackout over the last three months, the witness has been referred to as ‘Berlin’ while the trial judge considered his anonymity and secret justice application.
The bid has failed and today The Upsetter won a separate battle with the claimants’ legal team to release documents that reveal their disturbing efforts to keep Berlin behind a wall of secrecy.
It’s Glasnost time.
