Be interesting to see how this turns out: HOW the f*ck cannot it not be suspicious as quoted by the article???????????????????????????????

I guess these things happen all the time. One minute you are shaving, the next minute you manage to cut your jugular and in the ensuing panic, you fall in the bath full of water with your toaster. Nothing to see here though move on. Its much more likely these accidents happen , of course when you are responsible for bringing a media moguls empire down.

 

 

News of the World phone-hacking whistleblower found dead

Sean Hoare, the former News of the World showbiz reporter who was the 

first named journalist to allege Andy Coulson was aware of phone hacking by his staff, has been found dead, the Guardian has learned.

Hoare, who worked on the Sun and the News of the World with Coulson before being dismissed for drink and drugs problems, is said to have been found dead at his Watford home.

Hertfordshire police would not confirm his identity, but the force said in a statement: "At 10.40am today [Monday 18 July] police were called to Langley Road, Watford, following the concerns for the welfare of a man who lives at an address on the street. Upon police and ambulance arrival at a property, the body of a man was found. The man was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after.

"The death is currently being treated as unexplained, but not thought to be suspicious. Police investigations into this incident are ongoing."

Hoare first made his claims in a New York Times investigation into the phone-hacking allegations at the News of the World.

He told the newspaper that not only did Coulson know of the phone hacking, but that he actively encouraged his staff to intercept the phone calls of celebrities in the pursuit of exclusives.

In a subsequent interview with the BBC he alleged that he was personally asked by his then-editor, Coulson, to tap into phones. In an interview with the PM programme he said Coulson's insistence that he didn't know about the practise

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