News Corp ‘Fake Sheikh’ Lawsuits Could Dwarf Hacking Toll

Telegraph: News Corp. could face compensation claims that would “dwarf” its £330 million bill for phone-hacking, it was claimed, after the journalist known as the “Fake Sheikh” was convicted of perverting justice. Mazher Mahmood, the 53-year-old “king of the sting,” faces jail after he and his driver, Alan Smith, were found to have tampered with evidence in the collapsed drug trial of pop star Tulisa Contostavlos.