I have now spoken to police officers who say they were misled by Murdoch’s empire. I won’t let this rest | Gordon Brown

Rupert Murdoch’s apology to Prince Harry has not closed an era of investigation and litigation into media corruption.

News Group Newspapers now admits unlawful activities’ occurred not only at the defunct News of the World but at its flagship daily , the Sun .

NGN destroyed millions of emails in the face of a criminal investigation, about 9 m of which were never recovered.

The Murdoch empire has already brought what should be a free media into disrepute.

But the most telling condemnation of its tactics comes in statements from victims of abuse, those maimed in the July 2005 bombings, and the couples whose relationships were torn apart by the unfair intrusion into their daily lives.