Celebrities awarded hacking payouts

Model Danielle Lloyd, actress Jennifer Ellison and former footballers Dwight Yorke and Andrew Col e have r e c e ive d undisclosed damages and an apolog y from Mirror Group N e w s p a p e r s ( M G N ) o v e r phone- hacking.

None of the celebrities who were i nvol ve d were a t London’s High Court yesterday for the settlement of their claims for misuse of private information.

Lawyer Mark Elder told Mr Justice Mann that 34- year- old Ms Lloyd was “distressed and appalled” to learn that she was targeted.

In addition to the emotional impact, Ms Ellison, also 34, believed that the phone- hacking had adversely affected her career.

MGN’S actions had a “mas- sive emotional impact” on Mr Yorke, 46, affected his life in many ways and significantly damaged his reputation.

A n d t h e y h a d a n a dve r s e i m p a c t o n 4 6 - y e a r - o l d M r C o l e ’s l i f e i n m a n y w a y s , including leading him to distrust people close to him.

M G N a p o l o g i s e d f o r a n y damage or distress suffered as a result of the unlawful interception of voicemail messages more than a decade ago.