Former Daily Mail showbusiness editor denies hacking Sadie Frost's voicemails

Former Daily Mail showbusiness editor denies hacking Sadie Frost's voicemails 12 minutes ago Share Save Tom Symonds , News correspondent and Jessica Rawnsley Share Save A former Daily Mail showbusiness editor has denied listening to voicemails between actors Jude Law and Sadie Frost Law and said stories she wrote about their relationship came from an "amazing source". Nicole Lampert said the source was close to Frost and that information had been passed to the newspaper through a "trusted freelance journalist". Frost told the high court she distrusted friends at the time but now "100%" believes that stories about her were obtained by hacking her voicemails. The actress is one of seven high-profile claimants accusing the Mail's publisher, Associated Newspapers Limited , of "grave breaches of privacy" over a 20-year period. ANL has denied wrongdoing. Frost's claim relates to four articles published between 2003 and 2005 on which Lampert has a byline. Giving evidence to the court on Tuesday, Lampert said that she had "never" listened to voicemail messages in order to obtain information for stories and dismissed the claim as "rubbish". She said that information in one of the articles was either already in the public domain or "almost certainly came from a freelance contact" who she identified as Sharon Feinstein. "Sharon had a very strong source in Sadie Frost Law's social circle or family and was able to get excellent information from that source, so I would usually speak to her," Lampert said. She added: "This was always the same source, and I knew who her source was, and knew that they were able to provide reliable information." David Sherbone, representing the claimants, asked Lampert about a series of articles she wrote containing private details of conversations between Law and Frost during the breakdown of their marriage, which he claimed had been obtained by listening to their phone messages. One article in October 2004 referred to discussions about a £10m divor...