How Met police legal actions hampered Sunday Times exposure of crime boss David Hunt
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Sunday Times insiders have said the Metropolitan Police undermined the paper’s exposure of crime boss David Hunt by suing the paper and launching a huge internal mole hunt. Earlier this month 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 help 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.
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