Ex-Mail on Sunday editor denies misleading inquiry over private investigator

Mon, 23 Feb 2026

Peter Wright confronted in high court over evidence on newspaper’s relationship with convicted investigator

The former editor of the Mail on Sunday has denied claims he misled the Leveson inquiry into press standards over the newspaper’s involvement with corrupt private investigators.

Appearing at the high court, Peter Wright, who edited the Sunday newspaper from 1998 to 2012, said some of the allegations aimed at the title – which include landline tapping and bugging – were “just incredible”.