Police are investigating whether Tommy Sheridan's solicitor's phone was hacked in the run-up to his recent trial, reports today's Independent.
Aamer Anwar said his mobile phone company warned him last June that an attempt had been made to access his mobile phone messages and change his password.
He reported the suspected hacking to Strathclyde police a month ago, triggering an investigation.
In June, Anwar was preparing for Sheridan's perjury trial arising from his previous libel victory over the News of the World. Sheridan was convicted and jailed for three years in January.
Anwar is the third public figure to make claims about being hacked in recent years, long after the practice was exposed in 2006, leading to the conviction in 2007 of the News of the World's former royal editor Clive Goodman and a private investigator under contract to the paper, Glenn Mulcaire.
Kelly Hoppen, the interior designer and step-mother of actress Sienna Miller, is suing the NoW and one of its reporters, Dan Evans, for allegedly attempting to access her voicemail in 2009. The paper and Evans deny the claims.
Tessa Jowell, the former Labour cabinet minister, contacted police in January after receiving a warning from her mobile phone company that someone had tried and failed to access her voicemail messages.
Source: The Independent
