The Hacked Off Campaign is shocked and saddened to learn that Operation Weeting has found evidence to suggest Sara Payne was targeted by private investigator Glenn Mulcaire, who held her personal details.

Sara Payne, alongside her charity Phoenix Chief Advocates, is a supporter of our campaign for a good public inquiry into phone hacking and our thoughts are with her at this time.

Martin Moore, Director of the Media Standards Trust and founder of Hacked Off, said: “This new revelation, which indicates breathtaking hypocrisy and a complete lack of moral sense, underlines the importance of full exposure of what was happening at the News of the World and a need for the judicial inquiry to start work on this aspect of their investigation as soon as possible.”