CNN host Piers Morgan confirms he was questioned by police over British phone hacking scandal
Talk show host and former Daily Mirror editor confirms he was questioned, but not arrested
Talk show host Piers Morgan confirmed yesterday that he was interviewed by British police investigating phone hacking.
Morgan, a formerly a tabloid newspaper editor, was not arrested, but was "interviewed under caution" on December 6.
"This was further to a full witness statement I had already freely provided," Morgan said in a statement. "I attended that interview as requested." He has consistently denied wrongdoing.
[The interview] was further to a full witness statement I had freely provided
The Metropolitan Police said a 48-year-old journalist was questioned on that date, meaning the interview was recorded and may be used in prosecutions.
A police statement said the questioning is linked to a specific inquiry into phone hacking at Mirror Group Newspapers, one of the UK's biggest media groups.
"He was interviewed by appointment at a south London police station," the police said. "He was not arrested."
Morgan, who stepped into the CNN talk show host role long held by Larry King in early 2011, edited the Daily Mirror newspaper between 1995 and 2004.