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J O U R N A L I S M W E E K LY
www.pressgazette.co.uk 12 July 2013
How Met hampered
Sunday Times crime
boss investigation
DOMINIC PONSFORD
Sunday Times insiders have claimed that
the Metropolitan Police undermined the
paper's exposure of crime boss David
Hunt by suing the paper and launching a
huge internal mole hunt.
Last week the paper won a three-year
libel battle prompted by its 2010 story
alleging David `the Long Fella' Hunt had
used organised violence and intimidation
to secure a lucrative East London land
deal.
The story was based largely on
leaked documents from the Serious and
Organised Crime Agency and the Met
Police.
The Sunday Times relied on these
documents in its dispute with Hunt.
When The Sunday Times sought advice
from the Met on what sections of the
documents should be red
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