DPP on "Doormat" Interpretations

[Ian Batten]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/mar/13/phone-hacking-newspapers


> My position is clear: a robust attitude needs to be taken to any unauthorised interception and investigations should not be inhibited by a narrow approach to the provisions in issue. The approach I have taken is therefore to advise the police and CPS prosecutors to assume that the provisions of Ripa mean that an offence may be committed if a communication is intercepted or looked into after it has been accessed by the intended recipient.
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