Sarah Payne Policeman - I Was Hacked By News of the World

Martyn Underhill: "I said if you print this I will sue you" A former police officer who worked on the Sarah Payne murder investigation said he feared his phone may have been hacked on behalf of the News of the World. Martyn Underhill told BBC Radio 4's The World at One he had contacted police involved in the phone-hacking inquiry. Mr Underhill was the detective chief inspector with Sussex Police who was in charge of liaising with Sarah Payne's mother, Sara. He claimed he was contacted by the News of the World with an untrue story about the Payne family. Mr Underhill believes it may have been based on misinterpreted voicemail messages. He said the Metropolitan Police investigation into phone hacking had not found his number as part of any evidence but officers were still searching. Mr Underhill said information about covert inquiries would have been left in voicemail messages on his mobile phone issued to him by the police.