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Kelvin Mackenzie, Dominic Mohan and Richard Desmond to give evidence to Leveson

05/01/2012

Former sun editor Kelvin Mackenzie, current editor Dominic Mohan and owner of Northern and Shell, Richard Desmond, are due to give evidence to the Leveson Inquiry next week.

On Monday, current and former journalists from The Sun newspaper will be giving evidence. On Tuesday, it will be the turn of broadsheet editors, such as Lionel Barber from the Financial Times, and Chris Blackhurst, from the Independent.

Associated Newspapers' head of editorial legal Liz Hartley and Mail on Sunday editor Peter Wright will take the stand on Wednesday.

Richard Desmond and Dawn Neesom, from the Daily Star, will be appearing before Leveson on Thursday.

See the full list of witnesses here: Witness List wc 09.01.12

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