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In Londons High Court, a ten-week trial unfolds, with claimants including Prince Harry, Elton John, and Doreen Lawrence accusing Associated Newspapers of widespread unlawful information gathering. The publisher denies all claims. The volume of missing or destroyed documents is stark, with thousands of expected invoices for investigator payments vanished. Surviving records reveal shocking details, and a key box of payment records was found by chance. The publisher claims to have disclosed over 2700 documents. Four former journalists and a private investigator are under scrutiny, with surviving evidence linking some stories to investigator payments. The judge faces tough questions about the true scale of wrongdoing and what to infer from the gaps in evidence.

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