Irish editor accused of spying on ex-agent

THE NEWS of the Worldpaid an investigator to intercept the e-mails of a former British intelligence officer who was involved in exposing senior IRA figure Freddie Scappaticci as an informer, the BBC Panoramaprogramme alleged last night.

The allegations against the tabloid are the first to suggest that e-mails, and not just voicemail messages, were intercepted by the Sunday tabloid before a senior journalist was jailed in 2007.

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