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Eriksson and Richie among Trinity Mirror hacking payouts

Actor Shane Richie and former England manager Sven Goran Eriksson are among 10 people the Trinity Mirror newspaper group has agreed to compensate for phone hacking claims.

Richie was one of four people the Daily Mirror owner promised to compensate after admitting intercepting voicemails "many years" ago, along with fellow soap actors Lucy Benjamin and Shobna Gulati and TV presenter Alan Yentob.

Eriksson was one of six people with whom settlements have already been agreed, including Doctor Who actor Christopher Eccleston and Abbie Gibson, the former nanny of David and Victoria Beckham.

It is the first time Trinity Mirror has admitted its journalists hacked phones.

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Eriksson and Richie among Trinity Mirror hacking payouts

Sven Goran Eriksson was among six hacking claims settled. Credit: Bertil Ericson / TT/

Actor Shane Richie and former England manager Sven Goran Eriksson are among ten people Trinity Mirror group has agreed to compensate for phone hacking claims, the newspaper publisher has said.

Richie himself was among four people the Daily Mirror owner promised to compensate after admitting intercepting voicemails "many years" ago, while his wife and agent have also settlements over hacking claims.

Also on the list were fellow soap actors Lucy Benjamin and Shobna Gulati and TV presenter Alan Yentob.

The group also said it had already agreed settlements with six other people named in full below, including former England manager Sven Goran Eriksson, Doctor Who actor Christopher Eccleston and Abbie Gibson, the former nanny of David and Victoria Beckham.

  • Sven Goran Eriksson (football manager)
  • Christopher Eccleston (actor)
  • Abbie Gibson (Beckham family's former nanny)
  • Christie Roche (wife of Shane Richie)
  • Phil Dale (Shane Richie's agent)
  • Garry Flitcroft (ex-footballer)

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